Photo by Keith Teket
Shane in Bmore got pulled over by the Baltimore PD for doing a wheelie downtown. HAHA. The ticket said 'Tricks/Fancy riding". Sucks man!
Seen at Bmore Fixed.
No Fancy Riding in Bmore
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how is doing a wheelie even illegal? lol
Posted by: amanda | January 7, 2010 2:49 PM
can/do they pull over BMXers?
Posted by: blair | January 7, 2010 3:00 PM
Had a tazer puled on myself and some other dudes riding bmx down by the science museum, the cops down there do nothing but keep it nice for tourists so if you ride on a walking area or sidewalk you will most likely get hassled.
Posted by: Evan. | January 7, 2010 3:57 PM
can't say it's hard to believe, here in Seattle, while it's perfectly legal to ride on the sidewalks, it's illegal to ride with no hands, and i definitely saw some old commuter lady get pulled over for it a few weeks ago.
Posted by: Chris | January 7, 2010 4:05 PM
in milwaukee you have to have reflectors and apparently skids are considered fancy riding
Posted by: joshblonde | January 7, 2010 4:19 PM
haha thats nuts. ive gotten 2 wreckless driving tickes and my license suspended on my bike. A.C.A.B
Posted by: julio | January 7, 2010 4:59 PM
another reason for me to continue aking baltimore's finest 'don't you have better things to do?'
Posted by: danny | January 7, 2010 6:05 PM
lol NEW TEE SHIRT IDEA!
Posted by: tamikaishere | January 8, 2010 4:24 AM
I'm a dispatcher down here, and a bunch of my riders have gotten tickets for dismounting on the sidewalk instead of the middle of Pratt St; you know, where's is safer.
They are using the "no riding on the sidewalk" excuse to run names instead of public safety.
Fight the ticket if you can, he will not show.
Posted by: Chw | January 8, 2010 1:05 PM
I had a traffic cop try and grab me after I split lanes on Lombard. Get real.
Posted by: danny | January 8, 2010 2:23 PM
Fight that ticket!
Show up to on the court date listed on the ticket and ask the judge (politely, of course) what legal Baltimore city statute says you can't ride your bike "fancy." Or ask him to cite the specific law that cites "fancy riding" on a bicycle as illegal.
Like it or not, you are setting a legal precedent here.
Posted by: Mashugina | January 8, 2010 8:52 PM
hey genius, here's your legal precedent....
http://baltimorecity.gov/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=zyTKxwQtwfs%3d&tabid=1177&mid=2230
wow, spend five seconds looking around
Posted by: Big Willy Wonka | January 8, 2010 9:10 PM
Big Willy is the man,
Posted by: do | January 8, 2010 10:21 PM
Thanks Big Willy
Interesting reading. I wonder if 18.7 means it's illegal to use a tandem as it is intended.
Posted by: Big Mike in Oz | January 8, 2010 10:35 PM
can/do they pull over BMXers?
Posted by blair | January 7, 2010 3:00 PM
Yes, they do. BMX'ers just don't write a blog post about it every time. Kinda like how they don't put out a video of every single trick they do (or try). I'm think I'm detecting a pattern here.
Posted by: gfdsgfd | January 11, 2010 11:24 AM
i was wondering the same thing big mike. seeing as i live in baltimore, ride quite frequently and just bought an older tandem for my wife and i to try out. i wonder what sort of ticket you would get for riding a tandem no handed down the pratt st sidewalk.
Posted by: thedutchtouch | January 31, 2010 2:03 PM