"Street Smart" Enforcement Starts Monday

[cyclingfool]

@rcannon100 82227 wrote:

“Street Smart” Enforcement of traffic laws starts monday. The last time this happened, cyclists were ticketed for the most asinine things that had nothing to do with safety – while things like the Intersection of Doom just continued to be a problem. The police will be told to ticket – and they will come in with their quota of tickets.

Yay! It’s the semi-annual “Pick on Vulnerable Road Users Event”!

Oh, and interesting how this spring’s kick off event is in Woodbridge, the region’s shining example of complete streets policies and quality bike-ped infra. :p

[rcannon100]

So, yeah, @COGStreetSmart retweeted my tweet

“Street Smart” Traffic Enforcement starts today. Expect asinine ticketing that has nothing to do with safety #bikedc

Res ipsa loquitur.

I suggested that maybe they had not read my tweet too closely.

[cvcalhoun]

Or aren’t smart enough to know the meaning of “asinine”?

@rcannon100 82433 wrote:

So, yeah, @COGStreetSmart retweeted my tweet

“Street Smart” Traffic Enforcement starts today. Expect asinine ticketing that has nothing to do with safety #bikedc

Res ipsa loquitur.

I suggested that maybe they had not read my tweet too closely.

[rcannon100]

Should be a missed connection

@rcannon100 13h: @COGStreetSmart I dont think you read my tweet closely

@COGStreetSmart 8h: @rcannon100 thanks

My tweet is no longer retweeted by COGStreetSmart, but because they had retweeted it – it got favorited and retweeted by many many people. :rolleyes:

[Terpfan]

@rcannon100 82227 wrote:

“Street Smart” Enforcement of traffic laws starts monday. The last time this happened, cyclists were ticketed for the most asinine things that had nothing to do with safety – while things like the Intersection of Doom just continued to be a problem. The police will be told to ticket – and they will come in with their quota of tickets.

This sounds like a great time to takeover their hashtags and start tweeting about cars nearly running us over.

[Greenbelt]

Sponsored by regional transportation board. IOW, the sprawl facilitation people and greenfields development people.

People need to just get out of the way, so we can achieve “regional mobility” (ie. car-only sprawl).

If “Street Smart” had anything to do with actual safety, they’d target speeding and texting drivers, not pedestrians.

[rcannon100]

Potomac Pedalers discussion group is reporting enforcement activity last night by Falls Church along the WOD.

[mstone]

@rcannon100 82507 wrote:

Potomac Pedalers discussion group is reporting enforcement activity last night by Falls Church along the WOD.

Do you feel safer yet?

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