AK 47

"The point is, if we want to be treated as vehicles with the right to use
the roads, behave as one."

And yet people receive tickets for not riding in the bike lane. That doesn't
sound like being trated as a vehicle to me. A bike is not a car.

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>From: gschreckchat@comcast.net
>To: "Jeff Tedder & Shari" ,"Axle"
>,
>Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Bike Sting
>Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 22:03:48 +0000
>
>One could make that argument if you were in a car and the only one around,
>and it would be equally unpersuasive. The point is, if we want to be
>treated as vehicles with the right to use the roads, behave as one.
>
>However, I know for a fact that Jeff obeys all the laws as a good example
>to others as well as for his personal safety.
>
>--
>
>George Schreck
>gschreckchat@comcast.net
>(503) 502-0425
>
>-------------- Original message --------------
>From: "Jeff Tedder & Shari"
>
>Bummer, this is happening all over town, even in downtown Vancouver a
>friend of mine got pulled over for rolling through a stop sign.....Spendy
>ticket.....
>242.00 seems a little extreme when there was probably no other vehicles
>anywhere around....But it look like they are trying to send a message
>because of all the conflicts
>between cyclist and vehicles in recent times....Be safe out there...
>
>
>
>
>---- Original Message -----
>From: Axle
>To: obra@list.obra.org
>Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 11:29 AM
>Subject: [OBRA Chat] Bike Sting
>
>
>There is a police bike sting going on near the esplanade and Portland
>Opera...Mc Coys wood shop area. SE
>
>I just got pulled over by Portland's Finest for Failure to comply with a
>traffic control device, or not completely stopping for a stop sign at 7:47
>AM this morning.
>
> I was pulled over asked How I was doing and then asked if I was aware
>that cyclists had to abide by motor traffic laws, I told him I wasn't going
>to argue with him.
>
>I was issued a $242.00 ticket.
>
>He told me I could attend a Share the Road Class and pay $30 and most
>likely get the ticket reduced or dropped.
>
>As I pulled away I saw about 6 other cyclists pulled over by motorcycle
>cops.
>
>This was near Portland Opera and Division on Water Ave.
>
>Ugg.
>
>
>
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>From: "Jeff Tedder & Shari"
>To: "Axle" ,
>Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Bike Sting
>Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 20:29:21 +0000
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