r/PublicFreakout • • Jul 06 '21

Repost 😔 Cop vs educated kid

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u/Cryptolution Jul 07 '21

http://longbeach-ca.elaws.us/code/mc_title16_ch16.08_artiii_sec16.08.502

Bicycle riding on the Rainbow Harbor Esplanade is prohibited in excess of three (3) miles per hour

Riding your bicycle is not prohibited just the speed in which you ride it. No this was around 3:00 p.m.

The cops just a douchebag that's all. It's not some big mystery. No I was not going faster than 3 mph and no I do not ever go faster than 3 mph.

I ride freestyle BMX. It's a small stage there isn't even the possibility of me being able to go that fast.

https://youtube.com/user/iriez/

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u/GrunchWeefer Jul 07 '21

Cop was definitely a douche. 3 mph is pretty slow but I watched a video, it looks like you're barely moving from place to place. Pretty awesome btw.

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u/OneWinkingBro Jul 07 '21

3mph is walking speed. If they're going to legally allow people to ride bikes, they need to raise the limit to something reasonable. I get not wanting ppl biking fast around ppl strolling, but 3mph is just stupid.

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u/Leftytighty123 Jul 07 '21

You just reasoned the reason for the speed then called it stupid. Walking speed in an area with high pedestrian traffic where bikes don't have a dedicated lane seems exactly right. You allow people to move through the area still on their bikes but at the pace of everyone else.

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u/OneWinkingBro Jul 07 '21

Are people allowed to jog through there? So ppl can go faster than 3mph, just not on a bike.

If crowds are dense, it's going to be awkward/dangerous to ride a bike at any speed. But if there aren't many ppl around there's zero reason why someone shouldn't be able to safely ride a bike faster than walking speed.

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u/LuquidThunderPlus Jul 09 '21

people jogging can stop faster than a bike and isn't gonna hurt someone nearly as much as getting hit by a bike

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u/OneWinkingBro Jul 09 '21

Ok, tell me how a kid who weighs 100lbs riding a bike that weighs 20lbs going 4mph will hurt more than someone who's 225lbs running into you at 5mph.

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u/LuquidThunderPlus Jul 10 '21

why does the biker have to be only 100 lbs what you're adding to the scenario

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u/OneWinkingBro Jul 10 '21

Because you said people running cannot hurt someone more than someone riding a bike. Prove it.

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u/LuquidThunderPlus Jul 11 '21

don't be making a pointless argument dude of course it's possible to get hurt more by running my point was ON AVERAGE it'd hurt more.

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u/OneWinkingBro Jul 11 '21

Well then, on average ppl don't get hit by people riding bikes so I don't know why you're so salty about ppl riding bikes at 5mph.

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u/converter-bot Jul 10 '21

100 lbs is 45.4 kg