Actually, there's some cops who do it ALOT, today this one cop gave one ticket to a fedex truck, and then when the fedex guy removed the ticket but didn't moive the vehicle the cop gave him a SECOND ticket for the same violation. then i gave him a high five, and he explained that he understands why cyclists really hate cars in the bike lane.
Never though, have I seen an officer issue one of the above vehicles a ticket. Did you know the brinks trucks have police-style sirens?
I saw bike cops giving a Kingsboro Taxi a ticket in a bike lane (Toronto). Didn't seem to do much good, because 2 months later I saw the same cab parked (unattended!) in the bike lane across the street, while the driver was over talking to another cabbie.
Rather, if what you say is true, then I'm pretty sure that's illegal. I'm not crazy enough to go through the regs right now, I would need a few drinks for that, but I believe any vehicle equipped with a police style siren or light (instead of yellow waring/safety lights) is in violation of the law.
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Posted on Tue, Aug 14 2007 at 04:29 PM
Has anyone EVER seen a police officer giving someone a ticket for parking in a bike lane? Truthfully.
Posted on Tue, Aug 14 2007 at 07:11 PM
I have, once.
Posted on Tue, Aug 14 2007 at 09:39 PM
Actually, there's some cops who do it ALOT, today this one cop gave one ticket to a fedex truck, and then when the fedex guy removed the ticket but didn't moive the vehicle the cop gave him a SECOND ticket for the same violation. then i gave him a high five, and he explained that he understands why cyclists really hate cars in the bike lane.
Never though, have I seen an officer issue one of the above vehicles a ticket. Did you know the brinks trucks have police-style sirens?
Posted on Wed, Aug 15 2007 at 12:09 PM
I did not know that the brinks trucks have police sirens but that does not surprise me one bit.
Posted on Wed, Sep 05 2007 at 03:38 PM
I saw bike cops giving a Kingsboro Taxi a ticket in a bike lane (Toronto). Didn't seem to do much good, because 2 months later I saw the same cab parked (unattended!) in the bike lane across the street, while the driver was over talking to another cabbie.
http://toronto.mybikelane.com/?plate_id=1100
Posted on Thu, Sep 06 2007 at 11:56 AM
Rather, if what you say is true, then I'm pretty sure that's illegal. I'm not crazy enough to go through the regs right now, I would need a few drinks for that, but I believe any vehicle equipped with a police style siren or light (instead of yellow waring/safety lights) is in violation of the law.