- CHP and SFPD stopped 85 cyclists before they entered the Bay Bridge.
- Officers seized 85 bicycles after the group rode up an off-ramp.
- Police say riders endangered drivers, pedestrians, and themselves.
Cyclists and drivers don’t always get along, especially in busy urban traffic. What we see less often are moments when cyclists and law enforcement intersect this directly. Nevertheless, that’s exactly what took place in California over the weekend.
Authorities in San Francisco say they received word of a large group of cyclists riding recklessly through the area. These weren’t what the cyclist community would consider “roadies” on an organized group ride. Based on video and photographic evidence released by the San Fransisco Police Department, they were breaking countless traffic rules, mostly on BMX bikes with a few e-motos in the mix.
“Throughout this incident, riders were witnessed riding directly at moving vehicles, swerving in and out of traffic, and coming dangerously close to pedestrians traveling on city streets,” said the California Highway Patrol in a statement…