As one cop (the nice kind) told my brother once, many cops come from the same pool as the criminals they chase. I know I've come across stupid jerk cops; but many are also normal, ie polite with nothing to prove.
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Joe Bartoe <jbar...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Hi All, > > Saturday, I had an interesting experience. I was approaching a stop sign in > San Clemente when two OC Sheriffs on motorcycles passed through the > intersection going the opposite direction. One of these guys, upon seeing > me, came to a complete stop in the middle of the road so he could see > whether I would stop at the sign. Part of me was tempted to stop without > putting my foot down to see what he would do, but I decided that any cop > willing to stop and watch me like this was just waiting to ruin my ride, so > I put my foot down and then continued through. I'm still in disbelief that > this guy actually stopped in the middle of a roadway and obstructed traffic > (he almost got hit by a car from behind) just to watch me stop at the > intersection. > > It seemed to me that these two were patrolling for the sole purpose of > ticketing cyclists. The Irvine Bicycle Club was having their annual weekend > trip to Carlsbad and back this past weekend and these two were heading down > along their route. Last month, there was another club doing a ride down in > San Diego County and motorcycle officers in Oceanside were camped out along > their route (note that these were club rides, not big organized rides), > issuing tickets to riders who failed to completely stop at a stop sign. In > both cases, this was done on a road that was not a major road and at places > where riders going through the stop sign would not cause much harm even if > they did blow through them (they were at T-intersections where riders were > passing through the top, where they wouldn't obstruct a turning car). > > With all the bad driving that I see all over, this seems like a big waste > of time and it feels like these guys are singling out cyclists. In addition, > they seem to be a little too aware of where bike club rides are going to be > and taking advantage of that situation. > > Sorry, this is more of a rant, but it annoys me a lot that there seems to > be some element in law enforcement that feels that we as cyclists are such > scofflaws that we merit this extra attention. > > Joe > > ------------------------------ > Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. Check > it > out.<http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage_062009> > > > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM Professional Resumes. Contact resumespecialt...@gmail.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
