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Re: cop stories

Llaman 5 May 2005 20:52:49
 
So I was just riding around K-State doing some bench hopping, and I had
a b*cycle cop roll up to me and tell me I had to stop jumping on the
structures because I was a "liability".

This got me thinking... a forum of unicyclers HAS to have some good cop
stories... let's hear'm!


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mucRider 5 May 2005 21:36:03 permanent link ]
 
A local police officer saw me riding in my neighborhood park. He asked
me if I had a license for my unicycle. I told him I left it at home.

I saw him again several months later and he commented about how my
riding had improved.

That's my only cop story. They usually just look, shake their heads and
smile.


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Phlegm 5 May 2005 21:59:30 permanent link ]
 
I had a cop in a small town stop me while I was riding my bike because
he didn't like the way I looked at him. :rolleyes:

Once when I was a teenager, I was waiting for my mom in a parking lot
while she was inside at a local art gallery. I was wandering around and
some cop decided to follow me - I guess he thought I was trouble. He
tried to be sneaky about it, but I could tell he was watching me
everytime I turned around. So I led him to my parents' beat up station
wagon in the parking lot and started kicking it and climbing on it.
When he started yelling and running toward me, I pulled out the key and
got in the car. :D­

A couple months ago I had a cop give me a lecture for driving a couple
blocks and then turning into my driveway after he first flashed his
lights at me. He originally pulled me over because my tail lights had
gone out, but he was all flustered because I didn't pull over
immediately.

I've never encountered a cop when I was doing something "dangerous" on
my unicycle, so I'm not sure what would happen.


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Bugman 5 May 2005 22:03:43 permanent link ]
 
halfbike wrote:> *I was riding no helmet no nothing, swerving all over in the middle of> the road. Suddenly a cop pulls around corner. We're head to head. I> ride for the sidewalk to get out of the way. And then he just drives> right by like he didn't even see me(enenthough we locked eyes for a> second).>
This shows that some cops are cool!:D­ *


Probably just on his way home for Dinner.


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David_Stone 5 May 2005 22:18:08 permanent link ]
 
As a native NY'er who's ridden in The City almost every day for the past
25 years, you'd think I'd have a few cop tales to tell. I do.

1. I got pulled over for riding thru a red light when the car that was
down the block (and heading the other way towards that light) turned out
to be a cop car. The driver was really nice and just warned me about
riding against the light. It was not a great move by me, but I do it
fairly often when I judge it's safe.

2. A cop put on the squelch lights and sounds and pulled me over as I
was Cokering home on what I thought was a bike path. He said, "That's
cool. Where can I order one?"

3. I was riding my 20" freestyle across Central Park. There were three
bike cops out trying to enforce (thru warnings) the rule that you can't
bike in the park except on certain paths. So as I got towards him, he
says, "Excuse me, there is no biking on this path." I said, "OK, well if
I see anyone on a bike, I'll let them know." But then I calmly
dismounted as his buddies laughed and walked until he was unable to see
me. I rode on and arrived at another checkpoint. The cops there all gave
me the thumbs up and the head cop said, "Cool."

David Stone


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Llaman 5 May 2005 23:01:15 permanent link ]
 
Phlegm.... you are definately the winner so far with that jumpin on the
car and kickin it crap :- )


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Harper 6 May 2005 00:26:20 permanent link ]
 
I was in a fountain on Bute Street in the westend of Vancouver BC with
James Hargrave, Kris Holm, Tynan Rollo, and James Prevette. We were
doing trials in this fountain which had a ledge around it and
obilesque-like stones next to each other of every height from 6 inches
to 4 feet. They were short and randomly distributed in height around the
perimeter but increasing in height as you approached the center.

Two bicycle mounted policemen came by and watched for awhile. They rode
away and said, "that looks hard; don't get hurt." That was nice.


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Saam 6 May 2005 00:35:19 permanent link ]
 
my only cop story was when me and a mate were riding down the main
street on the foot path (strickly no bikes or nething) and a cop walks
past, smiles and says "well at least no one will steal your bike"
i thought he was gonna tell us to get off but the rules are no
bikes, nor skateboards, no rollar blades and no scooters.





PS i looked up unicycle in my dictionary and it says single wheel
something something espeasily used by acrobats, ACROBATS i am not a
*$#@ing acrobat


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Tmornstar 6 May 2005 05:01:58 permanent link ]
 
Last summer I began a quest to ride my unicycle up and down every state
capitol building in the country. I decided, too, to conduct a corollary
study of the response time of the state troopers of each state. So far,
the Louisiana State Troopers have the fastest response time. I found
out later that “central control” was watching me with the state’s
anti-unicycle video surveillance system. Officer Castleberry was
summoned when I began my climb up the fifty steps and he was pulling
into the visitor’s parking lot as I hit the top step. He was telling me
to stop as I rode toward him down the stair. I rode right up to him,
offered him my hand, and introduce myself with the smile of mission
completed. He was actually very cool. I told him about my 50 state
quest and assured him that I was done with his charge. I then asked if
he would mind posing for a photo to document my success in Baton
Rouge.


Here is a picture of me on my way up the beautiful edifice of the
Louisiana State Capitol building steps.


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Tmornstar 6 May 2005 05:03:17 permanent link ]
 
Here is a picture of my new best friend - Officer Castleberry.


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Unitik908 6 May 2005 06:39:52 permanent link ]
 
well one time i was in a claytons parking lot, and some dude who looked
like he was about 25 in a police man uniform told me to get off to the
bench i was hopping off of, well he didnt see me doing anythign cause he
just walked out of the building, so i was lining up my jump and he told
me to get off. So i did by attempting a 180, i stuck it but didnt quite
land it. He then said if i could land it so he let me try like 4 more
times, and then he walked off just saying to be careful. I had a cool
feeling of triumph... thats my only story..

Chase


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UniBrier 7 May 2005 18:22:41 permanent link ]
 
Not exactly a cop but last Thursday I dropped Andrea off at the mall and
told her to meet me at top level of the parking structure when she was
done. I figured teen ager shopping time would give me a good 1/2 hour+
of uninterrupted riding.

After 10 - 15 minutes of riding I was trying to circumnavigate the top
floor of the parking area riding seat-in-front. As I came by the ramp a
security guard drove up to tell me they don't allow riding at the mall.
He was almost apologetic.

Even before I started I figured there were cameras so my riding would be
no secret. On the way out I looked for the cameras, they had the place
pretty much covered.


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Klaas Bil 8 May 2005 11:52:57 permanent link ]
 On Sat, 7 May 2005 09:22:41 -0500, "UniBrier" wrote:
told her to meet me at top level of the parking structure
On the way out

But, did you ever see Andrea again? :-)­

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TrialsUni 8 May 2005 22:35:13 permanent link ]
 
I have written urban less than a dozen times. I have been stopped by> police 4 times. 2 of the times, I was with other riders and NOT riding> myself. Another time, I was riding on a rail of a railroad (some> distance away from the street). Another time, I was riding backwards> along side the road, saw the police car coming, got off, tossed the> unicycle in the gutter, and sat down (so that they would just drive> by). The cop stopped and asked if I was OK - she guessed that I had> injured myself because I looked frustrated! I was frustrated - with> having to deal with cops at all.


Well, changinglinks, I used to ride a little street BMX. Above your
avatar it says that you live near Austin, Texas. Well, at least a few
years ago, Austin was considered BMX Mecca. There was an article about
two of the owners of a little bike company called Terrible1, in a
Transworld BMX mag. It said that street riders could go to jail from
2-10 years for riding certain parts of the city, when the interviewer
asked the two owners (who are pros also) about their riding there. I
don't know if the jail part is true, but it seems that you've had your
difficulties...

Evan


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Munipsycho 9 May 2005 04:17:31 permanent link ]
 
Once we were driving around,
drinking and smoking,
and driving too fast...

No wait! That was just a Cheech and Chong movie.


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Denali 9 May 2005 07:00:07 permanent link ]
 
1.) 3a.m., middle of nowhere...The ride was unplanned...I had no lights,
no helmet and was dressed in black...I get stopped by the cops who asked
what I was doing at this ungodly hour..I said I was riding back home ( a
long way off)....They saw the uni and gave me a "you're crazy" look and
sped off......

2.) Last week....Riding in broad daylight this time...The cops pull me
over and are very friendly...Ask why?how?is it tough?Dangerous?...­Tell
me to be careful and just before I leave, they take down my
indentification number (in case somebody reports a vandal on 1
wheel)......


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James_Potter 9 May 2005 07:39:45 permanent link ]
 
several times the cops have told us to go away and stop jumping on the
benches. one time they also told us that if we stepped on and/or killed
the flowers in the garden, the U of I could sue us. stupid pansies.


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Nepsis 14 May 2005 01:48:51 permanent link ]
 
There was the time here at K-State that the lady cop came out looking
for the skaters that someone had complained about. She reckoned we
weren't them (as our wheel:p­erson ratio was 1:1 rather than 4:1), smiled
flirtatiously and left us to our graffiti.


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Nepsis 14 May 2005 01:54:21 permanent link ]
 
BTW, I think cops on Cokers is a great idea. I mean...those big bad
bicycle cops are so threatening...cops on one wheel would have a much
more pleasant reception amidst the community.


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Billblogs 15 May 2005 14:41:27 permanent link ]
 
The local cop unofficially escorting us at the Chiltern Muniuni. Albert
thought the road was closed when it wasn't, and spent some time on the
wrong side of the road.

As this was unoficial, he didn't want pics of the car following.


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Al_lieffring 16 May 2005 02:45:04 permanent link ]
 
How many of you have on of these???
it cost me 35 bucks

Al :p­


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KcTheAcy 16 May 2005 03:21:50 permanent link ]
 
al_lieffring wrote:> *How many of you have on of these???> it cost me 35 bucks>
Al :p­ *


What did you do?


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Dogbowl 16 May 2005 07:09:20 permanent link ]
 
I've never had any uni-related problems with the police. Maybe all of
the ones I've encountered while riding my unicycle on the sidewalk had
more urgent or pressing things to worry about than me riding past them
on the one-wheel.

Some cops are cool, some cops are bone-heads. Like every single other
profession on the planet, divided between the smart and the dumb. I
think it would be a silly thing to give a guy like me a ticket for
riding his unicycle on the sidewalk, but from the officers perspective,
he might have a very good reason that I simply could not imagine, but he
has the shield nevertheless and the options around it are not
plentiful...Luckily­, it has never happened.

I definetly like the idea of cops on cokers. Sort of like cops on
horses, except that they would certainly understand the unicycle
thing...


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Al_lieffring 16 May 2005 20:05:14 permanent link ]
 
tylercox wrote:> *On that ticket, it says wrong something. What does it say after the> word wrong? *


I should have known that all ya'll would want the back story too.

01 June 2001, Is what it says at the top of the ticket. I'd forgotten
that it was that long ago.
I had been told that there was a local group of bike riders that had a
group ride once a month, they rode at a casual pace that I could
provably keep up with them on my uni, I was still riding a 24in at the
time. I had just recently tested one of those "new" Coker's at
Unicycle.com (it was still in the garage of the Drummond's home back
then.)
It turned the ride was the local version of a "critical mass" ride, they
were a group of cycle anarchists that rode in the middle of rush hour
traffic trying to point out the need to replace all the cars on the road
with bicycles. I was able to complete the 8 mile ride but couldn't keep
up. 20 mins after the last bike finished I joined them at a downtown
watering hole for a frosty beverage. We were talking about our shared
distain for SUV's when someone wearing a top hat and tails walks in and
inquires "Who rides the unicycle?" the group all points to me, Then this
guy asked me if I wanted to perform with his circus that was going to be
at Tasty World across the street later that evening. I gracefully
declined.
After finishing my beverage I decided that neither dinner with the
anarchists, or joining the circus wasn't how I wanted to spend the rest
of the evening. I got on my uni to ride the 3 blocks to where my truck
was parked.
(This is the part where the Cop comes in.)
I ride up the hill to the street where I am parked, the sidewalk has
become the "patio seating" of a tavern so I was riding for that last 1/2
a block on the shoulder of the road. when a bicycle cop blows his
whistle from across the street. Instead of dismounting I point to my
parked car. trying to convey the message this was far as I was going. He
blows the whistle again and calls from across the road "Get off that
Thang, now I's got to rite yew a ticket". I get off and walk across the
street to where the cop is waiting. Still shoting he says "What was yew
thinkin? I blowed mah whistle and yew didn't get down off that thang,
WHAT was YEW thinkin??
I had just moved from Iowa to Georgia and didn't realize that there are
no rhetorical questions in the south and he was expecting an answer, so
now he's shouing even louder. "Ah ask yew a queschin, WHAT was YEW
thinkin?!?!"
"I wasn't thinking sir" was my sheepish reply.
He is now angrily thrashing through his saddle bag for his ticket book,
I ask "What's he problem Is this a one way?" he grumbles unintelligibly
as he writes out the ticket and hands it to me without saying another
word. I stuff it in my pocket, walk across the street to my truck throw
the uni in the back and drive home. I start trembling now.
I later found out it was fortunate that I "confessed" to riding the
wrong way on a one way street, because the "failure to obey" ticket that
he was stoping me for was 2points with a $130 fine and a mandatory court
apperance.

That's my story and I'm stickin to it. I'm not clever enough to make
something like this up.

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Gild 16 May 2005 21:08:36 permanent link ]
 
al_lieffring wrote:> *How many of you have on of these???> it cost me 35 bucks *
in return for a ticket with 'unicycle' in the remarks section?
a bargain at the price


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JJuggle 16 May 2005 21:12:44 permanent link ]
 
dogbowl wrote:> *I definetly like the idea of cops on cokers. Sort of like cops on> horses*
And Cokers don't have noses that are fun to rub.


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Johnfoss 16 May 2005 22:55:30 permanent link ]
 
Tmornstar wrote:> *Last summer I began a quest to ride my unicycle up and down every> state capitol building in the country. I decided, too, to conduct a> corollary study of the response time of the state troopers of each> state.*
Wow, Louisiana's capitol sure has a lot of steps! California's capitol
building has only a few steps, which would be very easy to unicycle.
Odds are you can get up and back down in 30 seconds, with no hassles
likely.

I (and a group of friends) have ridden on them in a Santa Claus outfit,
without being stopped. We also rode all around downtown, for no real
reason.

Don't forget to look us up when you get here to ride our capitol. My
house is only about 20 minutes away (by car). Also when you're there,
look for the little unicycle on one of the three big seals on the ground
in front of the building.

Cop story:

A long time ago, I was in Denmark visiting Jean Ascher and Cirkus
Changhigh. One night I was riding my unicycle on the sidewalk, jumped
into the street and looped back around and up the curb. There were no
cars there at that moment. Then a cop car pulled up, and the cop got
into a heated discussion with Jean.

Supposedly (I have to believe what I was told), the cop wanted to arrest
me or otherwise take me down to the station for riding in the street. It
seemed to take Jean a long time to talk him out of this, saying I was a
foreigner, etc.

Now I don't know what the laws are there (Copenhagen), or what exactly I
was supposed to have done wrong. But I was off the curb for maybe 5
seconds with no moving cars, so that cop seems like a weiner to me.


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Harper 17 May 2005 00:50:52 permanent link ]
 
johnfoss wrote:> *But I was off the curb for maybe 5 seconds with no moving cars, so> that cop seems like a weiner to me. *


Look around you, John. You're practically at a Bar-B-Que 24-7.


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Heavy Metal Unicycling 17 May 2005 06:16:10 permanent link ]
 
I was talking to acop one time and he said they should use unicycles
instead of bikes and hoarses. It would confuse the people they where
chasing.


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Dogbowl 17 May 2005 07:31:07 permanent link ]
 
JJuggle wrote:> *But Cokers don't have noses that are fun to rub. *

True, but only for now.
It is my deepest intention to get a coker that indeed DOES have a
nose--and a nose that is fun to rub....


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Johnfoss 17 May 2005 07:52:58 permanent link ]
 
harper wrote:> *Look around you, John. You're practically at a Bar-B-Que 24-7. *
:D­ :D­ :D­ :D­ :D­ :D­

I thought it was a Nerd-A-Que. Or maybe a Dork-A-Que.


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Johnfoss 17 May 2005 07:54:17 permanent link ]
 
heavy metal unicycling wrote:> *I was talking to acop one time and he said they should use unicycles> instead of bikes and hoarses. It would confuse the people they where> chasing. *
That would work! For a while. And it would make some great video for
COPS (the TV show)!

When the perps figure out they can outrun the unicycles, then it's time
to go back to the bikes.


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Leo 17 May 2005 08:28:01 permanent link ]
 
In Amsterdam I've heard -by a female officer who was unicyclist to- that
there has been a officer applieng to do surveilance in shopping streets
on unicycle.


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