Park police disturbs me

[Cataboo]

Alright... we're getting sidetracked and grumpy here. And we're all speculating on a park and a situation that most of us haven't seen or know very little about.

It seems that the solution to all of this would be to have a couple bikers meet with the head of the stone mountain police force or to have a meeting of a lot of the bikers that bike in the park and invite the police force to come explain to the bikers what exactly they want them to do...

I'm sure the police aren't happy that bikers were injured with their tactic and I'm sure the police officer that stepped into the road had to have feared for his life during it. This does end up being a liability issue for the park - if some of the bikers in the back decided to sue, it would at the very least tie up resources and probably bring bad publicity to the park.

So it should be possible to have that sort of meeting without recriminations or assigning blame and just to make sure that something like this doesn't happen again and ensure that the cyclists are clear on the rules for biking in the park as the police interpret them, and the police are clear on how they should stop a peleton. And do this before things escalate anymore.

I don't see anything in the faq that claims that the riding single file only applies to the bike lane. As far the as the police are concerned, maybe it doesn't. I don't know if that rule would trumph Georgia law or not on riding as far right as prudent or riding two abreast... But obviously, they can set rules in parks... It's all very well for people to say "I feel that it's safer or it's my judgement" and the reality in situations like this.... That doesn't matter, it's what the judgement of the police and the park authorities is on the matter, especially when they don't have to allow you to have access to the park and especially if they're going to continue tactics like those to get people to stop. You may be able to challenge all of that stuff with a law suit, but I think all of that would come down to how bike friendly a judge was.