Sure. I saw it and thought, “weren’t you looking where you were going?”
The issue is that it is a hazard, whether or not it’s avoidable, and when he pointed it out, they told him to fuck right off.
A motorist will kill you whether you stop at a stop sign or not. You’ll get doored, whether you’re in the bike lane or not. A train track or whatever will eat your fucking wheel.
Only thing that’s gonna keep one safe on a bike is that thing between the ears.
I’m waiting for the time when a cop pulls me over for blowing a red and I get to explain how traffic signals aren’t going to keep me alive so fuck 'em.
I got pulled over for blowing a red light when I was like 26 and absolutely shit faced. Then 2 more cop cars showed up. I was straight up like traffic was clear so I went. It was safe waiting at the stop light in the dark was more dangerous so I just went. I have no idea how I didn’t get arrested for a DUI or even get a ticket. I thought for sure I was going to get arrested again.
When I was 26 or so my friend was drunk as fuck. Knew he couldn’t drive home so slept it off in his car behind the bar. Woke up a couple hours later to a cop knocking on his window. Blew over the limit and got a DUI. When his court date came around MADD or some other group convinced the court to have a zero tolerance day or some shit so he got the maximum sentence and spent 60 days in jail. You got lucky!
I think you’d be safe because you’re not in the cabin. I worry about this camping in the back of my suburban. I think if the keys aren’t in the car you’re good? But what do I know.
Damn did he use an attorney at all? I feel like that would have been easy to avoid. I used law students as my representatives in court after “supposedly” hitting a car with a u lock then getting tackled by the 4 occupants and arrested for destruction of property. I think I got a small fine and had to go take drug tests for a couple months but that was better than jail.
The thing was they didn’t even call the cops. Someone on a bus driving by called the cops when I pulled out the u lock and they thought it was a gun.
I’ve gotten a handful of red light tickets. Nypd used to be very about it before their anti-blm hissy fit. Now there are no rules and you can do anything you fucking want, though still moreso if you’re in a car than on a bike. They’re still anti-bike CHUDS.
I didn’t realize you could get a DUI just for being in a car alone drunk? seems counter-intuitive to me. would rather he sleep it off than try to get home to sleep it off
once a cop followed me as I was riding to work in Arcata, CA. I ran 4 stop signs so he gave me 4 tickets, total fine was over $500. And I was late for work. In court the judge knocked it down to $160. worst part was getting a safety lecture from some dipshit tiny town cop
i am having a nice peaceful sit in the bike park while my son and his friend ride the pump track when who arrives but a shirtless bro on an ebike (no ebikes allowed here) with music blasting from a Bluetooth speaker
My wife and I took the dog for a walk in our neighborhood last night… And saw three cars blast through a stop sign, one of them almost hit a bike, and then walking back later we almost got plowed into by a guy staring down at his phone driving too fast in the neighborhood as well. What the fuck is wrong with people.
Also to be clear… These are very quiet non-arterial streets.
I saw some wild shit on Seattle’s tiny, narrow neighborhood streets with no controlled intersections over the years
my nightmare was hearing about some lady who murdered someone going 80 over one of those tiny roundabouts less than a mile from my house in Wallingford
If you’re in the driver’s seat, you can and will get that DUI. Fucked cause that’s a situation of doing the safe/right thing and still getting punished for it. Very much a symptom of criminalizing homelessness.
File under ACAB: walked the kiddos to school and there was a cop car parked in a no stopping zone directly in front of the school, blocking line of sight to the zebra crossing. Cops then proceeded to get out of the car and cross the road without using the crossing, in front of about 20 kids, parents, and the school vice-principal. I took pics and sent them to the local area command and council (who do the ticketing). Nothing is gonna happen, but fuck cops and their fucken arrogant swaggering into a school all strapped up with guns.
And if you’re in the back seat you won’t? This is some next level fuckery. Sitting in the driver’s seat of a parked car with the engine off is not driving. My 5-year old nephew can sit in the driver’s seat in front of the police station all day.
The Idaho Code Section 18-8004 provides what amounts to a DUI offense in the state. The law makes it illegal for anyone who is 18-year-old and above to drive a car while having a BAC level of .08% and above or under the influence of drugs or other intoxicating substances.
It specifies that such a person should not be in actual physical control of a motor vehicle on any of Idaho’s roadways or public or private property open to the public. There are two things to note here:
An intoxicated person must not have physical control of a car, and legal scholars have interpreted this to mean being in control of the steering wheel or sitting in the driver’s seat.
An intoxicated person should not physically control a car on a highway, public, or private property. The preceding means any part of a roadway, whether paved or unpaved, or in the slow lane, while a public place refers to the parking lot of malls, retail stores, restaurants, office buildings, and other commercial areas, or a park.