06-23-2015, 03:37 PM
I've read about crackdowns in Guelph and Hamilton and elsewhere, but they are in fact at a much smaller scale than "crackdowns" on certain driving offences at certain times.
I'm not sure this is a civil rights issue around here. I have no doubt that police in southern Ontario occasionally harass certain types of people for minor offences that are generally socially acceptable- but those people can be driving, riding a bicycle, or on foot. The question was whether, around here, cyclists are subjected to "harassment" on any kind of a basis that could be called routine, and the answer is "no." The law is barely ever enforced; it is a straw man argument.
I'm not sure this is a civil rights issue around here. I have no doubt that police in southern Ontario occasionally harass certain types of people for minor offences that are generally socially acceptable- but those people can be driving, riding a bicycle, or on foot. The question was whether, around here, cyclists are subjected to "harassment" on any kind of a basis that could be called routine, and the answer is "no." The law is barely ever enforced; it is a straw man argument.