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Cops ticketing a cyclist while two trucks block the bike lanes and the cops don't care 😡

Police have been ticketing cyclists who use the pedestrian signal when it's safe while ignoring cars and trucks creating unsafe conditions - and they're doing it in the name of bike safety

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@LilahTovMoon In Irvine, CA I've seen the police block the bicycle lane near an intersection so they can ticket cars moving over too early to make a right-hand turn, and wind up backing up cars on the right for a whole block and making the bicycle lane useless and unsafe for that stretch.

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@LilahTovMoon I’ve seen this too. They ticket cyclists going through and all-walk, while people double park in the bike lane.

When you ask then they say it is “in the name of safety.”

We should write to the city council.

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@LilahTovMoon So, work on your rolling dismount -- I've done that right in front of Cambridge cops in the last month, I think at that very intersection -- and work on your malicious compliance. Anywhere that there's a sharrow, be sure you ride in the sharrow. Be sure to stop at stops if there is a car behind you, foot down, look for cross traffic, safety first. Etc.

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@LilahTovMoon this makes me see red. 🤬