Zander
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This makes me sick to my stomach. The Nanny State authoritarians are now going after mountain bikers in Northern California. . Ridiculous.....
Read more at Radar guns to be used to limit speeds on San Francisco mountain bike trails - MBR
Police using Radar guns to catch Mountain bikers going more than 15 MPH? Seriously?
They can’t exceed 15 mph- coming down a mountain? .To any cyclist with a decent level of fitness 15 mph is ridiculously slow. Of course the rationale is they are “keeping people safe.” Riding faster than 15mph because one is healthy and fit is now regarded as “reckless".
So how will these "criminal" cyclists be pursued if they don’t stop for the trail cop? Will they be pursued, wrestled down and arrested, or shot at? Will they then have a criminal record for engaging police in a pursuit and resisting arrest?
Radar guns are to be used at a trail centre near San Francisco to ensure mountain bikers do not exceed speeds of 15 miles per hour.
Starting this month, Marin County rangers will be deploying radar guns in the open areas and on the shared trails of the Mount Tamalpais park to catch mountain bikers speeding around. There will be two deputies assigned to the role and they could be deployed in any of the 34 open spaces of the park – an area that encompasses 16,000 acres.
This is not the first time that radar guns have been used to curb speeding in American parks, with rangers in Denver targeting cyclists in February 2015.
The penalty for speeding on a bike is similar to a motor vehicle offence with riders paying a fine of several hundred dollars, having points put on their license and potentially facing higher insurance costs in the future.
Starting this month, Marin County rangers will be deploying radar guns in the open areas and on the shared trails of the Mount Tamalpais park to catch mountain bikers speeding around. There will be two deputies assigned to the role and they could be deployed in any of the 34 open spaces of the park – an area that encompasses 16,000 acres.
This is not the first time that radar guns have been used to curb speeding in American parks, with rangers in Denver targeting cyclists in February 2015.
The penalty for speeding on a bike is similar to a motor vehicle offence with riders paying a fine of several hundred dollars, having points put on their license and potentially facing higher insurance costs in the future.
Read more at Radar guns to be used to limit speeds on San Francisco mountain bike trails - MBR
Police using Radar guns to catch Mountain bikers going more than 15 MPH? Seriously?
They can’t exceed 15 mph- coming down a mountain? .To any cyclist with a decent level of fitness 15 mph is ridiculously slow. Of course the rationale is they are “keeping people safe.” Riding faster than 15mph because one is healthy and fit is now regarded as “reckless".
So how will these "criminal" cyclists be pursued if they don’t stop for the trail cop? Will they be pursued, wrestled down and arrested, or shot at? Will they then have a criminal record for engaging police in a pursuit and resisting arrest?