I was traveling east on the greenway and came to the Blake Rd crossing. I did slow and saw that no cars were coming, and proceeded to cross Blake without coming to a complete stop. The St.Louis Park police officer was behind me and was driving along the greenway. I had no idea he was back there.
He requested to look at my ID went back into his squad and checked on my driving history.
He came back, as I had waited in the cold, and said, "Mr. Russell I never do this, but I'm not going to give you a ticket". Then he said, "believe me, I never do this, but you've got a clean driving record". I got the impression from more of our conversation that he may have gone a little easy on me because of my age. Also, when he stopped me he asked if I had heard about the cyclist that was killed on the greenway at Belt Line. I responded, "yes, he was drunk".
After he made it clear I was not getting a ticket, I asked him what constitutes a stop, do I have to put a foot down? He responded by saying, "the definition of stop is cessation of movement", if you can stop moving and stay on your pedals you are fine.
I got lucky today.
Now on to the ride.
It was cold and windy. There are very few trees with leaves left on them, which isn't too big of a surprise after all the wind and rain over the last week.
The full moon tonight looked cool over Harriet and Calhoun.
and you saw 2 of the greatest cyclists in the world !
ReplyDeleteYeah, and that too.
ReplyDeleteYup, you lucked out. Geez, the cops are pretty picky when it comes to the Greenway.
ReplyDeleteOn my way to spin class I also saw the full moon...You caught the moon nicely in your photos.
I almost got nabbed over there at Blake Rd. as well!! But lucky for me, the cop had stopped a motorist. He looked at me and yelled something-I waved at him and kept goin!! (heeeheee)
ReplyDeleteWhat would Ice Cube say about that?
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