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Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Bikes Did Someone Set Up a Trip Wire for Bikes in Ladds?

Posted by Sarah Mirk on Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 1:07 PM

Reader Lauren Hudgins just sent in this account of a bizarre experience she had in Ladd's Circle:

I just biked through Ladd's Addition around 1am. Someone had set up clear tape like a trip wire across the road. Another biker and I stopped to dismantle it, assuming it was kids playing a prank and complaining about how dangerous it would be for someone on a bike, but not for cars. As we biked away, we heard a man's voice calling from the bushes in Ladd's Circle, "Thanks for stopping!"

Bikes not stopping at Ladd's Circle has been a vocal complaint of neighbors for years, prompting police stings of cyclists at the circle. Based on Lauren's account, the tape certainly seems like a vigilante bike-stopping effort. Has anyone else seen anything like this? Lauren went back this morning to snap this photo:

See the offending piece of tape cut down and balled up on the right?
  • See the offending piece of tape cut down and balled up on the right?

UPDATE: Reader @cobweb sent me a terrible/hilarious photo he took at the same intersection last September. Check it out below the cut.

UPDATE UPDATE: Biking police officer Robert Pickett has been informed of the incident. "We both agreed that we hoped it was a prank and that he would ask his officers in the area to keep their eye out for this happening again," says Hudgins.

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