[SDCBC] Harassed by the W

[cziegler at sandiego.edu]

There is a bicycle rack behind the courthouse where they tend to bring in the prisoners.  A bit weird but it works.
Carole


---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 16:56:33 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Eric Converse <econver at yahoo.com>  
>Subject: [SDCBC] Harassed by the W  
>To: Mary Winn <mary.e.winn at gmail.com>,JonIsaacs at aol.com,Sdcbc <sdcbc at bikesandiego.org>
>Cc: Silke Fleischer <sfleisch at adobe.com>
>
>   Speaking of bikes and the law.
>
>   I was lucky enough to get a summons to serve for
>   jury duty this week (ha ha).  On my first day I
>   didn't know where I should go so I attempted to park
>   my bike near the North East corner of 421 West B
>   Street (the location of "The W" hotel) when a hotel
>   employee came up to me and asked me to move my bike
>   after I was nearly finished locking two locks.  I
>   responded by asking, "why."  He said it was ugly in
>   front of their building.  I responded by saying that
>   it was a public sidewalk and I was not obstructing
>   people's path so I shouldn't have to move it.  I
>   also told him I thought it was a beautiful bike and
>   far more beautiful than the rusty construction truck
>   parked right in front of me.  He then said he'd
>   contact the city to see if he could have the locks
>   cut and the bike forcibly removed.  I was shocked
>   and wasn't sure where I stood legally, so after a
>   bit of grumbling I unlocked my bike and moved it. 
>
>   Does anyone know what the law says about bikes
>   parked on sidewalks?  There was no designated
>   bicycle parking within a block, that I could see,
>   and I was locking the bicycle to a lamp post.
>
>   Thanks
>
>   Eric
>   ----- Original Message ----
>   From: Mary Winn <mary.e.winn at gmail.com>
>   To: JonIsaacs at aol.com; Sdcbc
>   <sdcbc at bikesandiego.org>
>   Sent: Thursday, April 3, 2008 10:10:19 AM
>   Subject: Re: [SDCBC] Pulled over for "taking the
>   lane"
>
>   I should mention that I was not ticketed, merely
>   informed about proper bicycle riding "according to
>   the law".
>   Mary E. Winn
>   Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
>   University of California, San Diego 
>   La Jolla, CA 92093-0685 
>   (734) 323-5417 
>   mewinn at ucsd.edu
>   On Apr 3, 2008, at 10:01 AM, JonIsaacs at aol.com
>   wrote:
>
>     In a message dated 4/3/2008 9:56:54 AM Pacific
>     Daylight Time, mary.e.winn at gmail.com writes:
>
>       This morning, I was pulled over by a motorcycle
>       police officer at the corner of University and
>       Idaho (I should mention he was polite and
>       friendly).  He informed me and my partner that
>       it is against the law to take over the lane and
>       that we must ride as far to the right as
>       possible, even if this means there is a chance
>       of getting hit by a car door.
>
>     I think you need to go to court with that officer
>     and discuss it with the judge.  The word is
>     "practicable". 
>
>     Riding in the door zone is not "practicable."  I
>     am sure Jim and Kathy will respond with some help.
>
>     Jon
>
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