[bike] oops

[topaz]

What's the most embarrassing thing you can do after filing a formal written complaint against the Cambridge PD for improper behavior toward a cyclist?

Yeah, get a ticket on your bike for running a red light.

For all that I talk about wishing that the police enforced the law more consistently against cyclists, I'm still annoyed. I stopped at the light and waited for it to turn. I started on the pedestrian signal and was entering the intersection as it turned green. I'm glad that they're issuing tickets but think that my case was marginal at best.

But, in any event, embarrassing!

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[mattlistener.livejournal.com]

Was that in Cambridge?

[qwrrty.livejournal.com]

Yup: at Hampshire and Windsor, near Inman Square. They were issuing warnings last summer -- my co-worker got three. Now they're writing real tickets. It's essentially a trap: an officer observes the bikes running lights from a side street and radios ahead to a car down the street, who pulls people over to the side to give them tickets.