Park police disturbs me

[uforgot]

I offer guidance,only, never admonition.

Thank you and I now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.

You forgot to add wonderfully witty sarcasm!

[Cataboo]

You forgot to add wonderfully witty sarcasm!

I've seen her admonish a helpful shaggy man in a kilt.

[crazycanuck]

Yep our original Zen has a wicked sense of humour & plays an accordian

[Zen]

I've seen her admonish a helpful shaggy man in a kilt.

He was a hazard in himself.
But that's another story.

[Cataboo]

He was a hazard in himself.
But that's another story.

True that.

I'd've kicked him in his kilt if he'd run over my litespeed.

[SadieKate]

Here you go. http://stonemountainpark.com/faq/

Do you have bike trails or somewhere for me to ride my bicycle at the Park?
Bicycles can be ridden along the roadways inside the Park. There is a dedicated bicycle lane on Robert E. Lee Blvd., on the back side of the mountain. Bikers must ride single file and follow all traffic laws.

I'm guessing that since the park is owned by the State of Georgia, state traffic laws apply and that there is traffic through out the hours of operation.

What time do the Park Gates open? What time do the attractions open? Park Gates are open daily, 6:00 a.m. to Midnight. Attraction hours vary. Visit the Operating Dates & Hours page for attraction hours on the day of your visit.

[OakLeaf]

But there are really two things here.

(1) Are the cyclists creating a hazard? Sounds like possibly yes.

(2) Does the hazard created by the cyclists rise to the level that police officers are authorized to use DEADLY FORCE to stop them? Uh, no.

Shooting out a car's tires is considered deadly force. Running a motorcycle off the road, same thing. Intentionally causing a bicyclist to crash at high speed - that's deadly force too.

Sure the cyclists need to cool it. But this is basically the same scenario as a cop shooting a shoplifter. Wrong, wrong, wrong.

[Geonz]

I agree. I *hope* that the "standing in front" tactic was done out of ignorance and that the resulting crash wasn't expected. (I know, that sounds ridiculous from those of us who know from peletons and physics.) Cops don't swerve in front of speeders to get 'em to stop - and that's just one speeder, not a large group. Seems it would have been far, far more efficient to follow 'em and get out the ticket book.