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Originally Posted by asianthree
Tickets written for 20-30 spandex group riders blowing through STOP Signs will never happen
Then speed tickets will still not be written in TV proper for bikes, e-bikes, carts, and definitely not autos.
At least it has never been a priority for more than 15 years. I don’t see any change coming soon to curb speeds in TV. It would be welcomed by many, to finally get control, and stop leaving unmanned cars parked beside roads, and actually write a ticket.
I will say the PD presence south of 44 is very noticeable on streets. Ticket being written this morning at 7am as I waved a thumbs up to the officer.
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So, here's the thing with bicycles and stop signs. You know the Boone Gate and Paradise, on the Historic side? At that stop sign coming up from the fire department - if there's traffic coming from the left or the right, I'll stop. But I have to get OFF my bike, and will then have to continue walking my bike across Boone to continue up Paradise. I -cannot- start from a full stop, on an incline. My muscles just won't let me do that. I don't mind walking my bike across the street when I have to stop for traffic, I accept my limitations, and I accept the consequences of not stopping, if there's traffic.
However, if there's no traffic, I WILL blow through that stop sign. It is actually more dangerous to stop, and walk my bike across that intersection, than it is to ride through. I'd be walking WITH traffic, not against it, and I'd have to hold onto my bicycle while I'm walking. If someone comes up behind me trying to take a right, they might try to cut me off since I'm walking. Or they might clip me from behind. Or they might try to pass me. Keep in mind that LEGALLY - if I'm riding my bicycle, I have the RIGHT to my lane. If I'm walking, I'm supposed to be on the other side of the road.
So yeah - if there's no traffic coming from the sides or someone trying to take a left from the opposite direction, I will absolutely ride through if I'm on an incline, or even if I'm speeding up going DOWN the hill, and an incline is up ahead of me. I need that momentum or I'll be walking, in the same direction of traffic, with my bicycle at my side until the road evens out or goes back downhill again.
If there's traffic, I'll take the hit and walk. But I won't be crossing the road to walk against traffic. So y'all will be taking YOUR chances when you drive past me, if you're stuck with me walking with traffic, around two feet away from the curb because my bicycle is on my right.