speeding ticket

Hmmm. Interesting discussion. Keep in mind that the most likely place
to get a bicycle speeding ticket in NYC is on the roadways of Central
Park. There is a specific bicycle limit that is fairly low (something
like 25mph) and is meant to protect the joggers/bladers/little old
ladies crossing the street.

(salmoneous) wrote:

Hmmm. Interesting discussion. Keep in mind that the most likely place
to get a bicycle speeding ticket in NYC is on the roadways of Central
Park. There is a specific bicycle limit that is fairly low (something
like 25mph) and is meant to protect the joggers/bladers/little old
ladies crossing the street.

I think it's 15mph (24km/h). 25mph would be way out of line for
Central Park most of the time.

Mark Hickey
Habanero Cycles
http://www.habcycles.com
Home of the $695 ti frame

It's not so much the speeding tickets but the tickets for going through
lights that have been given to me on several occasions. I've also been
ticketed for biking in Washington Square Park at 7:30 AM on a cold winter
morning. Guess there bike tickets are built into the cost of living in NYC.

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victor

On Tue, 02 Sep 2003 20:42:11 GMT, "victor"
wrote:

It's not so much the speeding tickets but the tickets for going through
lights that have been given to me on several occasions. I've also been
ticketed for biking in Washington Square Park at 7:30 AM on a cold winter
morning. Guess there bike tickets are built into the cost of living in NYC.

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victor




Tickets of every sort are built into NYC budget now.

Earl Camembert wrote:
"victor" wrote:

It's not so much the speeding tickets but the tickets for going through
lights that have been given to me on several occasions. I've also been
ticketed for biking in Washington Square Park at 7:30 AM on a cold
winter morning. Guess there bike tickets are built into the cost of
living in NYC.

Tickets of every sort are built into NYC budget now.

I never got a ticket riding in NYC, but then, I'm a boring vehicular
cyclist. Under normal circumstances, it wouldn't occur to me to ride
through Washington Square Park. I've run a light or two (though usually I
don't), but if I were caught, of course I'd get a ticket.

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"zeldabee" wrote in message
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Earl Camembert wrote:
"victor" wrote:
I've also been
ticketed for biking in Washington Square Park at 7:30 AM on a cold
winter morning. Guess there bike tickets are built into the cost of
living in NYC.
[...]
Under normal circumstances, it wouldn't occur to me to ride
through Washington Square Park.

Could you please enlighten a non-New Yaw-w-w-wkah: Why don't the
powers-that-be permit or wish one to bicycle this park in particular? Or
parks in general??

Granted my experience is quaintly provincial but I've never seen a
park-posted as off-limits to bikes. Some hiking trails or wildlife
preservation areas, yes - but not urban parks.