Vancouver Cyclists Face Ticketing Blitz
Forget doubling your kid on the back; that’s another $109. And no, you can’t grab on to the back of a car for a free tow. Nor can you stand up on your pedals to get up that hill — if you don’t have your butt in the seat, that’s another $109.
This is totally absurd! Is it really that bad to stand while cycling? Isn’t that what bike athletes do?? I don’t get it. Also, bike bells are kind of useless… can’t you just say “behind you”? You really need a bell for that? It’s kind of contradictory, because bikers aren’t even supposed to be biking where people are walking anyway.
Quoted from blownspeakers, who reblogged this.
” The person who wrote that article is retarded (surprise! it’s the Sun). The actual law reads:
2. A person operating a cycle:
f. must not ride other than on or astride a regular seat of the cycle,
“On or astride” means that you either have to have your ass on the seat or have one leg on either side of your seat—one foot on each pedal if you’re standing. It’s meant to make fancy BMX tricks illegal on the street.”
