Oct 03 2008
Police Chase
Bicyclists without lights on at night have always been a pet peeve of mine. So when I saw the following story you know it got my attention.
KATU is reporting: Bicyclist leads police on slow-speed chase
EUGENE, Ore. — A bicyclist led a state trooper on a 5-mile, slow-speed chase on Highway 58 east of Eugene, prompting troopers to set up a roadblock and tackle the cyclist to make him stop.
Oregon State Police Trooper Steve Thrapp responded to a report of a bicyclist wearing dark clothes and riding without lights at 7:20 a.m. this morning. Thrapp located the cyclist 16 miles east of Eugene riding west in the eastbound lanes on a mountain bike.
I find it somewhat amusing it took 2 state troopers and a trooper cadet 30 minutes to get this guy stopped.
That is rather amusing. I have been stopped by police officers twice in my bicycling career.
I was stopped for speeding going downhill, 48 in a 25. The officer was also a bicyclist, so it turned out to be an ok encounter.
Wow, they’d have fun in some countries. When we visit my inlaws in Japan cyclists in black school uniforms ride down narrow unlit streets all the time. I have no idea how they avoid being killed… I’ll stick to my double set of headlights. Heavy but safe…
I come across people here in dark clothes and no lights on a regular basis. It amazes me they don’t get hit.