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Biker pulled over by NYPD for sexy outfit
By Donal on Sun, 06/12/2011 - 5:28pm |Cycling while sexy could be hazardous to city motorists - just ask Jasmijn Rijcken.
The leggy Dutch tourist said she was pulled over by an NYPD cop for flashing too much skin while on two wheels.
"He said it's very disturbing, and it's distracting the cars and it's dangerous," Rijcken told the Daily News. "I thought he was joking around but he got angry and asked me for ID."
Rijcken, 31, was not given a ticket during the May 3 incident, and did not get the officer's name, but was left feeling baffled.
"I didn't even think for one second that my outfit could be harmful or disturbing," she said.
[Streetsblog has never heard of such a rule.]
URL:
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/06/12/2011-06-12_cop_said_my_outfit_was_wheely_too_hot_to_ride.html#ixzz1P6Dl6sUM
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Comments
by Donal on Sun, 06/12/2011 - 7:10pm
I always wear a skirt when I cycle in the spring and summer, good thing I don't cycle in New York city! Well I will be cycling in Maine in September, do you think I will be in trouble if I wear my skirt there? That cop seems way out of bounds on this one. What a strange reaction he had to a woman in a skirt on her bicycle, clearly he knew that it has never been illegal to ride a bicycle in a skirt. Soooo weird.
I love that video Donal, it is shocking and so funny.
by tmccarthy0 on Sun, 06/12/2011 - 11:13pm
The cyclist vs driver vs pedestrian dynamic in NYC is getting weirder by the moment, and is compounded by a police force that is being encouraged to hassle the less affluent.
by Donal on Sun, 06/12/2011 - 11:16pm
And there's this:
Yes, Ladies, You Can Walk Around the City Topless
If public nudity is even debatable, skirts on cyclists wouldn't seem to be an issue.
by Donal on Mon, 06/13/2011 - 8:29am