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From: bill@utastro.UUCP (William H. Jefferys)
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Subject: Re: Orphaned Response
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Date: Thu, 1-Aug-85 08:21:05 EDT
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> I believe another reason that police are reluctant to ticket has to do
> with the relative maneuverability of bicycles and cars.  Imagine a
> policeman sitting at a traffic light when a bike whizzes by at 18 mph,
> through the red light, on the wrong side of the road.  Does the cop do a
> U-turn, catch up with the perpetrator, and hand out a citation, or does
> he sit in his car and say "Damn kids"?
> 
I think it has more to do with the fact that bikes are considered to
be toys and not vehicles.  As long as this attitude is common, the
police are unlikely to take bicycle violations seriously.

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"Men never do evil so cheerfully and so completely as when they do so from
	religious conviction."  -- Blaise Pascal

	Bill Jefferys  8-%
	Astronomy Dept, University of Texas, Austin TX 78712   (USnail)
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