George de Randich

As a police Officer it is up to your discursion weather or not to write any
one a citation!

I was a Police Officer in the Military; Active Duty a Security Policeman in
Massachusetts and Viet-Nam, Reserve duty an Army MY in Florida and Texas},
and I wrote a few tickets! Active duty I had a little note book and made
note of the persons Unit or Section and I would speak to his / her Sergeant,
to civilians driving through my bas they would meet the U.S. Magistrate and
get a ticket!
But I tried to exercise discursion and commonsense!

If you catch a cyclist being wrong either give him a written warning or a
citation!

George de Randich

-------Original Message-------

From: G Magnus
Date: 5/19/2008 4:01:04 PM
To: obra@list.obra.org
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] bullsh&t

I don't know if its the good weather again, or if motorists are just angry
because they are stuck in their cars or what. I was working a safety fair
last week and had several people come up and ask me when we (I'm a police
officer) are going to start writing cyclists tickets. The first person that
said this to me I figured was just a grumpy motorist who had a bad
experience or something...but after hearing from several people throughout
the day it was starting to bother me. I always asked them what they saw or
were concerned about...the major complaint was cyclists cutting across roads
riding the wrong way to avoid traffic lights and or just running lights or
stop signs....If you ride around Murray Blvd and Jenkins in Beaverton this
was a major bitch by folks...well I know that couldn't be any of my spandex
clad friends as we all stop at lights/signs to practice our track stands and
then work on our jumps when the light turns green....right?!?!?!? So I
asked them of all the cyclists they saw committing infractions how many
motorists did they see do the same....Always it was more motorists...So I
follow that up with the number of cyclists versus motorists on the road
would you agree that percentage wise the infractions observed are roughly
the same in relation to the numbers on the roadway...the answer in generally
a slow yeah.

That being said....cars see us when we do something illegal like running a
light or riding the wrong way....for some reason if we cyclists do something
wrong we are all a bunch of non tax paying, traffic law breaking hoodlums
whose sole purpose is to wreak havoc on the streets....of course the 10
other motorist that also commit an infraction aren't an issue just the bikes
...my thoughts on this be safe out there some of people are just plain
a**holes and it doesn't matter who is on the bike.

~Gregg

Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 15:20:15 -0700
From: rickemartin@gmail.com
To: cobrakai43@gmail.com
CC: obra@list.obra.org
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] bullsh&t

first of all "cobra" it'sd not a frickin strip club,second of all i'll eat
whatever the ef i want when i want!
try again........silver dollar is across the sauce box on broadway next to
outdoor store.......get a map sensei!

On 5/19/08, Cobra Kai wrote:
Cobra Kai also had experience with angry pickup driver this weekend. Cobra
Kai and friend were racing for yellow sign at 15mph only to be buzzed by
hillbilly. Cobra Kai practiced great karate patience and made no moves of
anger. At stop sign Cobra Kai saw hand extend out of cab with middle finger
raised. What did Cobra Kai do to deserve this treatment? Cobra Kai loves his
spandex but knows that hillbilly did not enjoy the sight of Kai's finely
toned calves and clean shaven legs. Cobra Kai urges other members of OBRA
community to get "Share the Road" license plates and perhaps make a petition
to change the drivers test to include more safety features for bicyclists.

Cobra Kai also wonders when Silver Dollar nightclub started serving
sandwiches?? Cobra Kai also wonders why someone would meet their wife at a
strip club for drinks? Cobra Kai finds THAT situation hilarious.

No one touches the prima donna until the tournament. Is that understood? YES
SENSEI.
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