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One Redditor shared their confusing and frustrating story of being stopped by local police while riding an e-bike.

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[–] AtHeartEngineer@lemmy.world 75 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com 58 points 2 years ago (1 children)

For anyone wondering. Georgia the state not the country

[–] Dempf@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 years ago

Wait they are invading Georgia?

[–] grue@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)

For those (like me) wondering what part of Georgia, it was apparently Sandy Springs.

It's amazing how it can be right next to both Atlanta (proper) and Dunwoody, yet be so much worse.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

IDK, cops in the city can be plenty bad too especially when it comes to laws regarding ebikes.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, but at least the city has increasingly-decent bike infrastructure.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Kinda depends on the city, but yeah some places are improving a bit.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

No, I mean the City of Atlanta specifically is doing better, especially inside or within about a mile outside of the Beltline. I basically don't drive anymore unless I'm going somewhere like Buckhead or OTP.

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 71 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Police officers don't need to know the laws unfortunately. And depending on how much melanin you have determines if you should explain or if youre better off just saying "yes sir can I go".

[–] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

A friend cycling in London was stopped for turning right at a "no right turns except cyclists" junction - police didn't even want to go read the sign that they were told to enforce!

[–] Chev@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Shouldn't a doctor know about the human body, a plumber about plumbs or the law enforcement about law?

[–] Blackout@kbin.run 31 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Biking with electricity is the devil!

[–] 01189998819991197253 4 points 2 years ago

Like foozbawl!

[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

Isn't that one of the states where jay walking tickets were high to target certain demographics?