Jul 29, 2015
Kid fined for talking on phone while riding bike
A kid in Elad was riding his bike in the street while talking on his cellphone.. or maybe he was talking on his cellphone while riding his bike.... either way, he got pulled over by a policeman as this is against the law.
The cop wrote him up and gave the kid a ticket with a fine for 1000nis!
In the ticket the policeman writes that the kid was talking without an earpiece or speaker, endangering cars in the road.
The kid refused to sign the ticket, and he stated that next year he would be bar mitzva. Maybe that means next year he will pay with the money he brings in from bar mitzva gifts?
source: Kikar
I am not quite sure how this works. How do you give a kid a ticket? How does he identify himself - children do not bear identity cards.. how does the cop know the name he gave them was his true name and not made up on the spot? How do they enforce payment of the fine?
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good for him! we need more cops to give tickets for these minor issues. people get away with close to murder.
ReplyDeleteThe operative phrase is ON THE STREET and IN MOTION.
ReplyDeleteIt is illegal to talk/text on a cellphone, while you are IN MOTION, ON THE STREET. You can be walking, riding a bike, or driving, and you WILL get a ticket if a cop catches you.
Furthermore, if you are ON THE STREET, IN MOTION riding a 2-wheeled vehicle (motor or leg powered), and TWO hands are NOT on the handlebars (except for signalling purposes), you WILL get a ticket.
Therefore it is ILLEGAL to ride a motor/pedal bike ON THE STREET while eating or drinking.
It is ILLEGAL to ride a motor-powered bike on the sidewalk - that includes electric bikes.
The law is grey as to the legality of riding a pure-human-powered bicycle on the sidewalk, and generally, as long as the rider does not endanger pedestrians, a cop will turn a blind eye.