Bicyclist pulled over for "racing and speeding"

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Going down a 30MPH road in Seattle, WA I found myself behind a slightly slower bicyclist so I decided to pass them (and give them a wide berth as you should when passing a bicyclist). A police officer saw us and pulled us over for "racing and speeding." I know how incredibly difficult it is to get over 30MPH going down that hill so I knew I wasn't speeding and I definitely wasn't racing. My GPS ended up reporting my top speed at 30.2 MPH so I guess I'll give the office a hand on that technicality. Full transcript (as best as I can get it): Officer: You you guys have to follow the same rules as cars Other bicyclist: Ya, so why can't we be out in the road? Officer: You can't race Me: I wasn't racing Other bicyclist: I don't know this guy Me: I don't know him either Officer: The speed limit is 30 (I think is what he said) Me: Ya, 30 is the speed limit Other bicyclist: How fast was I going? Officer: Let's not play this game Other bicyclist: I'm just curious, how fast was I going? Officer: You were going faster than 30 (very matter of fact statement that was blatantly false) Me: I actually have a speedometer, I am going 30 Other bicyclist: I was going slower than him Officer: Ok! Ok! Alright! You still don't have all the equipment on your bikes Recorded 8/14/2014 about 9:50AM

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wow, these guys actually stopped at a red light. Twice.

Good fuck bikers

I'm only sad that the cop didn't shoot the bicyclist. Fuck all of them.

Hi Tim. Lovely to see an American using a bike. The problem is, that you entered the road,on the road normal road laws apply, speed limite etc. The real issue is,that those bikelanes you got there are way too narrow for two bikes to safely pass each other. You pay same tax as car users-atleast you should have same opportunities and safty when we speak road stuff. I think it is wrong to be punished for being more responsable.

I'm a Dane,i got car,motorbikes and a boat but i use my bicycle,and done so every day my whole life(well when i'm home) i'm 40+ now,and still love it to pieces(got my first 3wheeler at the age of 3 i think it was). I have both a mountainbike and a city/mountain bike hybrid. in city areas i can push it to 39mph and on bikelanes there are no speed restrictions-atleast not that i know off-never been pulled over for it either. It is way way faster to get around in inner cities,it is also a lot more easy to park and to cross roads etc etc. Great tool it is- Come visit us if you are for biking,Denmark is king if you talk biking-sweden ain't bad either

At the next light, I would have turned to the other cyclist and been like, "So you wanna race?"

I'm glad to see the SPD not treat these autists with kid gloves for once. They get away with too much in this city.

i drive down that street almost every day ! Im special !

okay so I am not the only one for speeding on a bicycle. TD:LR I was doing 65 mph in a 40 mph zone >_>

hi Tim. has the other biker in the video reached out to you since posting this? I need to know

racing definitely

Dude you guys were racing! Don't lie

You can't race. bwahahahahaha

how the f*** is he supposed to know how fast is going

racing :DDD be careful, so that you wont lose your bicycle license

cop is a dick

I'm guessing this is downhill because that was fast as hell for that type of bike.

wow really that cop didn't have anything better to do

Nothing like being stopped for riding a bike to remind you of the total police state we're living in.

Even cars should not be doing 30 in a busy area. If some jerk or unseen pothole or debris causes you to fall off your bike or impact them at that speed you will have permanent injuries. There is a nationwide movement to reduce city speed limits.

just sayin: in some countries in europe you must use the bike lane. only for road bikes there are exceptions.