Now more than ever, not being safe on your bike could cost you.
In response to a comment a reader made to my previous post: yes, it has long been the law to have a front and back light on your bike. But as the Chicago Tribune recently reported (the story is now hidden in their archives, but you can find the text here), the police are starting to enforce bike traffic laws more stringently.
Last year, my friend Kate and I laughed when she actually got pulled over on her bike by a police car, flashing lights and all. She ran a stop light. Now this seems less the whim of one bored cop and more a new initiative of the Chicago police.
Avoid a costly ticket: follow bike safety laws.
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Caitlin Elsaesser
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Biking is also a great way to pick up chicks! oh my god. what a fresh new idea.
Yes please! Being both a driver and a bike rider I always appreciate the bikers who follow traffic laws AND drivers who respect a biker's place on the road. So please bikers, don't run red lights when it's unsafe; don't do a crazy fancy sweep around three corners through oncoming traffic to turn left. You're putting all of us as risk, whether I'm behind you on my bike or driving towards you in my car!
Haha! You know Chicago Cops, here to serve and protect! The cop just wanted to 'talk' to me in case I didn't realize I could have died. Totally changed my life.
this pleases me because with more people on the streets biking and not following the rules things are getting very dangerous for everyone especially those of us walking on the streets!
I hear the problem with bikes is that you can get very hurt and scrape up like your whole leg (your one "whole" leg!). I have yet to fall off the bus.
It's because cyclists are such a low priority for traffic officers. The car rules because it's the majority. It's not really fair and they should have more cycle lanes in the cities and suburbs to encourage more people to get a bike and use it.
It's a weird society where we're obsessed with losing weight, being green, saving money, yet we don't see how much benefit we would get if we cycled more often.
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