Monty Hill

This really makes me frustrated, I don't know if I even want to get started. Random thoughts:

The cyclist was killed by a car not by another cyclist.

The cyclist killed was doing everything by the law.

$335? Is that more than the fine the killer received?

Why fine a cyclist for doing something that is only threatening his or her own life? These laws were put in place to give automobile drivers a reason to think about the lives of others.

Have they started handing out tickets for cars passing cyclist on a double yellow? If so I get passed about 30-40 times on a given ride.

What are these idiots in Washington County thinking? Are they just trying to get cyclist off the road, so they don't have to slow down? I know is must be so irritating to step on the brake pedal, sit on ones ass listening to bad music, waiting for the opportunity to prove to a cyclists why one needed their oversized gutless gashog.

Okay, deep breath, I think I need a new keyboard.

Monty

From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On Behalf Of Lindsay Kandra
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 9:04 AM
To: obra@list.obra.org
Cc: TriClub Chat
Subject: [OBRA Chat] Cyclists Ticketed in North Plains

FYI
Part of a group I was riding with yesterday was ticketed $335 apiece for rolling though the stop signs at the intersection of North Plains Rd and Glencoe. The officer indicated that the north plains PD has stepped up ticketing cyclists in the area since the rider was killed a few weeks ago. Beware.