"Cambridge police officers were watching him from the side of the road with pads of tickets in their hands, waiting for him to break the law."
UN-FRIKKIN'-REAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The COPS got NOTHING BETTER TO DO, huh? No ROBBERS or MURDERS or PEDOPHILES or LIARS to go catch?
Where is GASBAG GORE when you need him?
"Cyclists pedal into arms of the law; Cambridge riders find rules of road apply to them, too" by Michael Levenson, Globe Staff | September 26, 2008
CAMBRIDGE - He looked as carefree as can be, pedaling on his silver 18-speed mountain bike, wearing designer jeans and a black sport coat, a butterscotch leather handbag in his bicycle rack.
He had no idea that two Cambridge police officers were watching him from the side of the road with pads of tickets in their hands, waiting for him to break the law.
In Cambridge, where cyclists are increasingly being cited for any of dozens of violations, from running red lights or failing to stop for pedestrians in crosswalks to riding at night without a headlight.
God damn fucking left-wing town!!!!!!!
Cambridge, which has built 37 miles of bike lanes, is contending with the flipside of its success in encouraging cycling.
Yeah, EXTORTION!!!!!!!!!!
As the number of cyclists increases, police say they see more bikers blithely unaware that they are beholden to the same laws as drivers. The city has ticketed 952 cyclists this year (most of them warnings), up from 529 in all of last year and 718 in 2006.
Police say the unusual enforcement effort is an attempt to calm a war among cars, pedestrians, and cyclists, in which every side feels aggrieved.
"It's very frustrating for the officers because if you stop a bike, they say 'Why don't you stop a car?' " said Sergeant Kathleen Murphy, who commands the city's nine-officer bike unit. "If you stop a car, they say 'Why don't you stop a bike?' It's like 'Why me?' It's like children."
You here that, bike-rider? You are a KID!!!!!!!!!!
In 20 minutes on a recent afternoon, Kale and her partner, Officer Oswaldo Ortiz, ticketed 12 cyclists - roughly one out of every two that passed by them - for running a red light on Massachusetts Avenue in Central Square. They gave them each a warning, and reminded them that they have to obey the same laws as drivers.
Hey, coppers: (sign I make as I pedal on by)
I guess Boston cops have nothing better to do than cruise the strip, bust brothels, hang out in bars and buy drugs.
Most cities that lack the resources to devote officers to ticketing cyclists, and the ones that don't see bikes as a concern, look on with a mix of envy and amusement, said A. Wayne Sampson, executive director of the Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association.
And the TICKETS are how the communista in Cambridge are GETTING the $$$$!!!!
"Only in Cambridge," chuckled Sampson, the former chief of the Shrewsbury police.
No wonder people despise the busy-body left!!!
And WHERE are the ENVIRO-CULT PROTESTERS when this TYRANNY raises its ugly head?
(sound of crickets chirping)
