Alexandria Police Ticket Bicyclists

[Erin McMahon]

Thats great! Kudos to that officer!> Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:15:09 -0400> From: palincss at his.com> To: erin_mcmahon at hotmail.com> CC: cwdillon at gmail.com; yon.lambert at alexandriava.gov; bsc at bicycle.alexandria.va.us> Subject: Re: Alexandria Police Ticket Bicyclists> > Erin McMahon wrote:> >> > I totally agree. I would like to see a motorist ticketed for honking > > at bicyclists because they feel like we should get out of the road to > > let them pass. For some reason cars always think we should be riding > > the edge of the curb! Also I'd like to see a few tickets for not > > using their turn signals. I have been hit twice from cars that decide > > to make a right at an intersection at the last minute - in one case > > the woman was actually reading a book and talking on her cell phone!> > I had a motorist honk at me because I stopped did not run the red light > on Madison at 15th, directly in front of the Washington Monument. He > wanted to make the left turn and I was blocking him. As it happened, a > police car was right there, and before I knew it, a cop had gotten out > of the car and gave him a stern lecture about how he needed to share the > road, not honk at cyclists, and also by the way the color "red" meant > STOP in the District of Columbia. It really made my day, I can tell you!> > 
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