I bet I could out sprint him.

"Has he ever had to chase down any two-wheeled delinquents to issue a ticket? "All the time," he says confidently."

I bet I could out sprint him.

I've long wondered: What's a cyclist's obligation to show a cop ID? We don't need one to ride a bike or roam the streets (yet), so why can't I just say I have no ID on me and give him a BS name?

well, if they catch you breaking the law, you have to be able to identify yourself. if you don't have id and they're feeling particularly persnickety, i'm guessing you could spend a night in jail while they sort out who you are.

must be a weekend enforcement

vaticdart - correct. though as i said, i'm as guilty as anyone else. most of them i roll through, some of them i don't even see and slow down anyway because something could be coming from a blind hill. it would be interesting to see accident statistics or even anecdotal reports of near hits to see exactly what's going on up there. as most people have said they've never seen cops and hardly seen cars crossing the trail in that area.
i'd think most of the "FUSTOPSIGNS" is coming from LFP trying to keep the trail to the narrow washboard it is today just because they don't want people peeking in their back yards. should there be cops out there? probably. i've seen some asshats bookin it along the trail passing where they really shouldn't. i know the speed limit is 15, and of course i don't ride that slow, but i will if conditions dictate; such as through that driveway gauntlet. really though, if this were anywhere else other than through LFP i think people would be a little less riled about it. there are some spots north of the lake where there are driveways coming off bothell way and coming around blind the other side where there aren't stop signs and none of the drivers over there seem to be complaining...

15? Wow... I'm usually doing at least 20 (I got one of dem fancy cyclo-puters last week). Yeah, passing is another problem: I've almost gotten hit head-on more times than I count by fellow bicyclists (usually spandex-trians) who are passing where they shouldn't (blind corners, when the trail is too narrow, etc...).

Interesting... so some of the stop signs in the chunk of the BGT north of Matthews Beach are items put up by private citizens? Not something I knew... it seems like a driveway should yield to a major commuting route, not the other way around.

My rule about stop signs is that if I can see all the incoming traffic well (no buildings in the way, no blind hills), and there is either no one else around or there is no question of who-go-there-first, I roll through. I slow down to the point where I'm almost stopped, and unclip my left foot, but I do roll through stop-signs (and if I get a ticket for it, I'll accept that). However when there is any question of right-of-way, any problem with visibility, I stop - foot down stop. If some idiot in a car blows through a stop sign and turns me into chunky jello on the street, I want to be completely in the right so I can get everything covered by their insurance.

And yeah, I don't think I've ever seen a cop on the BGT. I've gone for pretty long rides on the weekend meeting friends for breakfast or just out with the gf. Mostly that's between Ballard and the UDist; maybe they don't hang out there?

My point before was that you can't break the rules, get caught, and then bitch about the consequences. If you don't want the consequences, don't do it. I'm all for breaking the rules, but I can't stand people who whine about getting caught.

maybe we should organize something where squids and others who go faster than 10mph (the LFP speed limit) should turn off before LFP and ride up bothell way to kenmoore, and then get back on the trail. Maybe doing this en masse during the commute time to avoid the stop signs and the speed limit. Maybe even doing it "legal", like some other ride some people might have done...

Good idea. But I would wait until LFP pulls its next bonehead move following their court slapdown. It's bound to happen.

..... though, I'd wait until they file an appeal, or upgrade the trail but then add something dumb to it like 10mph speed limit signs. You know they're going to try some crap like that.

trevor isnt exactly the welcoming mat of point83.
welcome to the group! :)

oh...i didn't get that memo

maybe i should apologize?

*edit*
there, west coast passive aggressive apology added for you and Ben. see disclaimer below \/ \/ \/

Wtf!

If law enforcement paid that kind of attention to protecting cyclists from douchebags in cars ...

I ride that strech of road 4, 5, maybe even 6 times a week as part of my 150 to 200 miles weekly commute between Seattle and Bothell.

'cept a lot better looking.

Translation: "I like to wear makeup and have anonymous butt sex at logboom"

i was searching for "buttsex" and ended up here

I always got a sexy vibe from that place.

i show up on ONE ride with a bottle of KY and my spotless reputation gets tarnished.

i was searching for "buttsex" and ended up here

My point before was that you can't break the rules, get caught, and then bitch about the consequences. If you don't want the consequences, don't do it. I'm all for breaking the rules, but I can't stand people who whine about getting caught.

It's been said before, more eloquently though:

Don't kill your wife if you can't do the time.

It's Robert Blake from the hit 70's tv show Baretta. The tagline from the show's theme song was "Don't do the crime if you can't do the time". Another in a long line of celebrities to get away with killing his wife. I'll have to update my cultural references so I don't have to explain my jokes.

I didn't believe you, so I searched for "buttsex" and ended up here.

It's Robert Blake from the hit 70's tv show Baretta. The tagline from the show's theme song was "Don't do the crime if you can't do the time". Another in a long line of celebrities to get away with killing his wife. I'll have to update my cultural references so I don't have to explain my jokes.

Didn't Captn' Kirk have a cop show in the 70s too?