Got another traffic ticket today…
Unbeknownst to me it is illegal to make a U-turn in a business district. Today some punk bike cop pulled me over in the Gaslamp today for just that reason. It was a pretty embarrassing. I tried to plead ignorance, no dice. I really had no idea that was a law, I looked all around before I did it to make sure that there were no U-turn signs. He even gave me shit about not having a trip sheet. I don’t bother with those, they are a waste of my time. Every time that I take a ride I call it in to the office anyways, so they have a record of everything. It seems redundant.
Why do some cops feel the need to berate you about such trivial matters. This isn’t the first time I’ve encountered an officer with such a personality. Just give me ticket and go away, I have important things that I could be doing. He was acting like he just pulled me over for driving on the sidewalk or something. The worst part about getting pulled over is all the people that gawk at you as they pass by, like you are some kind of criminal – and I guess technically I am…. As a cab driver they probably already think I’m a shitbag, shouldn’t that be punishment enough?
I later learned an interesting fact. If you don’t have residential housing on at least 51% of the street it may count as a business district. Turns out in Del Mar the local cops take full advantage of this. In Del Mar there is a beach on the west side of the street and to park you often have to make a U-turn, if you are headed North at least. Well guess what, it is a residential area, but since there is a beach on the west side of the street that leads to the ocean there are no houses there, so the highest possible percentage of the roadway that could be lined with residential units could be 50%. I don’t think I could live with myself writing people tickets for shit like that.
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