safe to bicycle wearing a skirt?
06-12-11, 12:06 PM
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safe to bicycle wearing a skirt?
NYPD pulls over a bicyclist for wearing a skirt:
https://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/...t_to_ride.html
https://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/...t_to_ride.html
06-12-11, 12:34 PM
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NYPD pulls over a bicyclist for wearing a skirt:
https://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/...t_to_ride.html
https://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/...t_to_ride.html
06-12-11, 12:34 PM
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Without her getting a ticket we really don't know if this happened or not. However the NYPD does not seem to have many friends in the cycling community.
06-12-11, 01:09 PM
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I can believe it..
06-12-11, 01:13 PM
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Did she have anything on under that skirt? 
That girl needs to wear some drawers.
That girl needs to wear some drawers.
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Apparently, the NYPD is employing former members of the Taliban.
https://www.copenhagencyclechic.com/2...st-in-new.html
https://www.copenhagencyclechic.com/2...st-in-new.html
06-12-11, 01:58 PM
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Unfortunately, we have a guy here in town that rides the hike and bike trail on a cruiser bike...in nothing but a thong. I would guess he's in his 50's. Ick.
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NYPD pulls over a bicyclist for wearing a skirt:
https://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/...t_to_ride.html
https://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/...t_to_ride.html
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It obviously wasn't about the dress. It may well have been about the fact that she wasn't overweight. Fit women do stand out in a crowd, bike or no bike, because they are so rare in the U.S. Add in the fact that she was on a bike and it is no surprise she was harassed by a lesser life form.
06-12-11, 05:11 PM
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I laugh every time a see the commercial for "Blue Bloods" where Tom Selleck says something like, "You have the honor of being the best trained police officers in the world..." 
Evidently some NYPD officers really enjoy making up laws as they go.
Evidently some NYPD officers really enjoy making up laws as they go.
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hate to say it, but this seems like a publicity stunt to me. That's the business this woman is in. It's working
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Publicity stunt? Really? Have you been reading the news about police harassment of cyclists in NYC? A ticket for riding with a tote bag on handlebars. A ticket for not riding in the bike lane. Just how did she involve the police in her "publicity stunt?"
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according to a poll on the news page... 82% of the respondents think this "too sexy to ride" is ridiculous.
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safe to bicycle wearing a skirt?
I'll withhold any comments pending closer inspection.
I'll withhold any comments pending closer inspection.
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Agreed, with the "crackdown" on cyclists in NYC, as well as the narrow minded view that the Hassedic(sp) Jews towards women in "immoral" clothing, I have no problems believing that some gal was stopped for what some LEO thought was clothing that was to "revealing."
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