Anyone else get hit by the ticket bait station setup along 5th st, between 17th and 15th ave sw?
The bike lane is closed with a sign with a bicycle, a sign with a detour right, and some orange cones/barricades angling towards the sidewalk. Every biker veered up onto the sidewalk, due to the suggestive signs, then BAM at the next street a cop writes you a ticket.
I explained how ridiculous it was to bait like that, as it actually had enough suggestion to make me break my habit of walking my bike on sidewalks...
As I was getting written up by a grumpy cop, he kept yelling "this guy is getting a ticket for you!" to each cyclist that passed us doing the same thing. I asked him how this was helping and he said "next time you won't break the law." I told him I don't break this one normally unless there is a misuse of signs that causes a mistake.
I called into the city to file a complaint and to get them to re-do their signage to avoid this situation. The guy said it will take a couple business days to get out there.
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