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A beyond asshole cop said she was making a "white" example put of me, by showing the others, WHITES get tickets too.

Unbelievable - I was exiting my apartment and got on my bike to ride into the street. Just as I started to move, a cop pulls up and stops me. Gives me a court summons for "riding on the sidewalk". When I point that I am in front of my apartment and was heading for the street, says "should have used the bike lane". I try to be nice, explain that I WAS going to the bike lane, and look at my ID - this is where I live. He refuses to give me a break.

When he hands me the pink Desk Appearance Ticket, I notice that he put down the address two buildings over, and argue that is incorrect as I was clearly stopped directly in front of my own building. When I point this out to him, he simply drives away.

Ticket was for "bike on sidewalk", 19-176c. Looking up the statute, the "c" designation is for "A person who violates subdivision b of this section in a manner that endangers any other person or property...", (rather than the "b" designation which is just for riding on the sidewalk). This just adds to the insult- I was rolling not more than about 2mph and there were no people around! Now I have to go to court and I am supposed to be on vacation that week!!!

The officer asked me to pull over. I did. He asked whether I knew that I couldn't ride on the street when there was a bike lane. I said no. He wrote me a summons. My hearing is next Thursday.

i had just taken my bike out of the back of my wife's car- it was late, i didn't have my lights, and had just got word that a friend had been hit and killed a few nights before in greenpoint (needless to say, i didn't feel safe riding home) -and coasted around the corner(about 100 ft) to the bike rack in front of my home. as i was about to lock up, i heard an "excuse me miss" coming from behind me. two officers had pulled up and were getting out of the cruiser. i tried my best to remain calm, explaining to them that i am an avid cyclist and never ever ride on the sidewalk and apologising profusely. no dice. not even a ticket. a damn summons! now i've got to lose time and money to go to court and defend myself.

They played good cop/bad cop. The officer who wrote the ticket was the bad cop asking me my arrest history, any traffic violations, use of drugs, alcohol, outstanding warrants for arrest, time served in prison, etc. I denied all of the above, which was true. He said oh yeah we will see, I am calling in for your records. I said go ahead, please, it is true. I told the officer I was using the side walk since it was dark and late at night and Foster Ave is busy. I had a dark coat on and I was not planning on being out past dark. I was out to get a new lock on my bike and got lost, so I ended up taking the subway home most of the way.
There are no bike lanes on Foster and the space between the parked cars and the rest of the road is narrow. Since there were no pedestrians on the sidewalk at the time, I felt it was a safer alternative. I was also being chased just prior to them pulling me over by two guys who said they were going to take my bike from me. Perhaps the cops pulling me over prevented that, who knows. The reason I got a bike was to avoid muggings. I had someone attempt to mug me last week, when at the last minute a cop appeared, and the muggers ran away. I was told by the good cop that I could walk my bike the rest of the way home and they would watch out for me. He also said I could go early before the appointed date and usually the judge throws the ticket out 9 out of 10 times, depending on his mood. I told them thanks for the work they do and to have a safe night.

Coasted off 6th street overpass onto sidewalk between avenue D and FDR onto a very wide sidewalk. Police in car called out and we stopped. Gave us tickets and blamed it on Bloomberg and said something about little kids getting hit by bicycles and Bloomberg making all the bike lanes. First bike ride of the summer, just fixed bikes and took ferry to governors island and were riding back up the East side. A real downer after such a beautiful day. What ever happened to a warning?

I was riding up 6th with a large group of riders and was asked to pull over.

I AM FROM MD I WAS LOST SO STOPPED ON THE CORNER OF ST. JOHNS AND NOSTRAND AVE TO TRY AND PUT IN ADDRESS IN THE NAVAIGATION TO GET HOME NEXT THING I KNOW THE POLICE PULL UP AND SAY DID U KNOW THAT THIS IS A BUS STOP I WAS LIKE I AM SORRY I AM TRYIN TO FIX THE NAVAGATION. SHE COME BACK WITH A PINK SUMMONS SAY I HAVE TO COME BACK TO COURT. I WAS LIKE WHAT I LIVE NO-WHERE NEAR HERE DONT U GOT LIKE A WARNING TICKET I DIDNT KNOW THIS WAS A BUS STOP. I WAS ON THE CORNER NOT THE BUS STOP. I WAS LIKE I CANT JUST PAY THE FINE I REALLY CANT TAKE OFF WORK TO COME ALL THE WAY HERE. I JUST DONT UNDERSTAND THIS SHIT. I AM A NURSE AND I NEED TO RENEW MY LIC I AM AFRAID IT WONT LET ME RENEW BECAUSE IT SAY CRIMINAL