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Posted: 6/30/2015 8:07:00 AM EDT
Cop -vs- Bicyclists, who will GD side with?

NEW YORK CITY — A scooter-driving NYPD veteran burned through his summons book during the past three years, handing out a record number of tickets to rule-breaking bicyclists pedaling around the Upper West Side.

Officer Joshua Vincek issued 1,249 tickets to bicyclists between Jan. 1, 2012, and Feb. 26, 2015 — far more than anyone else in the police department, according to records obtained by DNAinfo New York.
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The NYPD did not respond to requests for comment on Vincek’s singular effort.

But Joseph Bolanos, the president of the West 76th Street Park Block Association, spoke glowingly of the 11-year veteran who works in the Upper West Side’s 20th Precinct.

Bolanos, who knows Vincek from his outreach in the neighborhood, credited the officer with helping to curb the bad behavior of restaurant delivery bicyclists and recreational bikers bucking traffic laws along Columbus Avenue.
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Link Posted: 6/30/2015 8:09:07 AM EDT
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I don't live in NY, but I'm guessing that the bicyclists are a major PITA.
Link Posted: 6/30/2015 8:09:43 AM EDT
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I have no problem with cyclists on the road as long as they obey traffic laws.  Many do not.
Link Posted: 6/30/2015 8:12:39 AM EDT
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Needs more Patrick Pogan.

Link Posted: 6/30/2015 8:12:41 AM EDT
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Cyclists are a major PITA in a big city.


Surprised the cop couldn't write more.
Link Posted: 6/30/2015 8:13:14 AM EDT
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You know exactly who GD is going to side with. Most here would side with Adolph Hitler over a guy riding a bike down the road.
Link Posted: 6/30/2015 8:13:39 AM EDT
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Good for him, it's a start.
Link Posted: 6/30/2015 8:14:45 AM EDT
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good



its just too bad he didn't shoot a few






Link Posted: 6/30/2015 8:15:21 AM EDT
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Well... yeah.... fuck bicyclists. Mostly those who ride down small, twisty, 2 lane 2 way country roads at a pace slightly faster than a brisk walk.
Link Posted: 6/30/2015 8:19:22 AM EDT
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OMFGBBQ!!!  That is like 3 tickets a day!  What a bike nazi.
Link Posted: 6/30/2015 8:20:36 AM EDT
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Cop -vs- Bicyclists, who will GD side with?

NEW YORK CITY — A scooter-driving NYPD veteran burned through his summons book during the past three years, handing out a record number of tickets to rule-breaking bicyclists pedaling around the Upper West Side.

Officer Joshua Vincek issued 1,249 tickets to bicyclists between Jan. 1, 2012, and Feb. 26, 2015 — far more than anyone else in the police department, according to records obtained by DNAinfo New York.
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The NYPD did not respond to requests for comment on Vincek’s singular effort.

But Joseph Bolanos, the president of the West 76th Street Park Block Association, spoke glowingly of the 11-year veteran who works in the Upper West Side’s 20th Precinct.

Bolanos, who knows Vincek from his outreach in the neighborhood, credited the officer with helping to curb the bad behavior of restaurant delivery bicyclists and recreational bikers bucking traffic laws along Columbus Avenue.
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My hero.
Link Posted: 6/30/2015 8:20:41 AM EDT
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They are a PITA elsewhere. New Yorkers tend to amplify everything.
Link Posted: 6/30/2015 8:23:10 AM EDT
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If the violations were legit, then good for him.
Link Posted: 6/30/2015 8:23:35 AM EDT
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Well... yeah.... fuck bicyclists. Mostly those who ride down small, twisty, 2 lane 2 way country roads at a pace slightly faster than a brisk walk.
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You know exactly who GD is going to side with. Most here would side with Adolph Hitler over a guy riding a bike down the road.


Well... yeah.... fuck bicyclists. Mostly those who ride down small, twisty, 2 lane 2 way country roads at a pace slightly faster than a brisk walk.


Train horn. It makes everybody get the fuck out of your way.
Link Posted: 6/30/2015 8:26:12 AM EDT
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Needs more Patrick Pogan.

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Got one!
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Got one!
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Got one!

He also lost his job, got arrested, and convicted.
Link Posted: 6/30/2015 8:28:46 AM EDT
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Basically.
Link Posted: 6/30/2015 8:28:46 AM EDT
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Scooter riding cop?

Nope. Not gay at all.
Link Posted: 6/30/2015 8:29:14 AM EDT
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Train horn. It makes everybody get the fuck out of your way.
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You know exactly who GD is going to side with. Most here would side with Adolph Hitler over a guy riding a bike down the road.


Well... yeah.... fuck bicyclists. Mostly those who ride down small, twisty, 2 lane 2 way country roads at a pace slightly faster than a brisk walk.


Train horn. It makes everybody get the fuck out of your way.

Link Posted: 6/30/2015 8:29:22 AM EDT
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I side with the cops on this one.
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Nope. Not gay at all.
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Extorris used to ride a department issued Vespa.
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this
Link Posted: 6/30/2015 8:30:03 AM EDT
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Attn cyclists:  Your Lycra doesn't give you right of way.






Link Posted: 6/30/2015 8:31:04 AM EDT
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So are the cars, dogs, pedestrians, pigeons, ad nauseum, basically the whole city is a major PITA
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You know exactly who GD is going to side with. Most here would side with Adolph Hitler over a guy riding a bike down the road.


Well... yeah.... fuck bicyclists. Mostly those who ride down small, twisty, 2 lane 2 way country roads at a pace slightly faster than a brisk walk.


Train horn. It makes everybody get the fuck out of your way.


This site would NOT like your reaction!!
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Bullshit.  Bicyclists who follow the rules of the road are gtg, they are also exceedingly rare.

It's not just in the US.  In Japan, pedestrians and bicyclists have absolute right of way on the road, if you hit one you are fucked.  This year they are finally making them start following the same rules of the road as motor vehicles, or get fines.
Link Posted: 6/30/2015 8:33:55 AM EDT
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Isolated incident

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Link Posted: 6/30/2015 8:34:13 AM EDT
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Scooter riding cop?
Nope. Not gay at all.

Extorris used to ride a department issued Vespa.

We had the bigger Piaggios.
Link Posted: 6/30/2015 8:39:58 AM EDT
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Meh. Critical mass deserves every beat down they get.

Cop probably got sick of their shit after the 87,000th hipster fag shouted "fuck you pig" as they rode by.
Link Posted: 6/30/2015 8:41:20 AM EDT
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First night in Mid-Town, December '94, I stood on a corner during rush hour.

Cyclists, roller bladers cutting through traffic in total anarchy. Watched a cab make a legal right turn on green, have to stop because of traffic, cutting off a cyclist running up from the right. Guy jumped off his bike, screamed "fucker!", kicked in the rear fender of the cab, then took off through the now red light.

In the week we were there, saw stuff like that all the time.

Officer Vincek might even be a slacker.



Link Posted: 6/30/2015 8:41:53 AM EDT
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probably made a lot of money in court time
Link Posted: 6/30/2015 8:42:07 AM EDT
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Add Upper West Side attitude to the equation


Link Posted: 6/30/2015 8:42:19 AM EDT
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Meh. Critical mass deserves every beat down they get.
Cop probably got sick of their shit after the 87,000th hipster fag shouted "fuck you pig" as they rode by.
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Meh. Critical mass deserves every beat down they get.
Cop probably got sick of their shit after the 87,000th hipster fag shouted "fuck you pig" as they rode by.

Hope it was worth it for him.
Link Posted: 6/30/2015 8:42:45 AM EDT
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OMFGBBQ!!!  That is like 3 tickets a day!  What a bike nazi.
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Assuming he works 5 days a week, over 3 years, that's more like 1.6 a day.


Did any of them have a dog?
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If he works days like most scooter guys he gets zero court OT.
Link Posted: 6/30/2015 8:43:19 AM EDT
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Der Fuhrer would not put up with those pantie-assed bicyclists slowing down his G-4 Mercedes. It's got "get the fuck out of the way" written all over it.



Der Dicke would not either.



Link Posted: 6/30/2015 8:45:43 AM EDT
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I couldn't put up with these guys enough to give that many tickets.


Kharn
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I couldn't put up with these guys enough to give that many tickets.
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Link Posted: 6/30/2015 8:51:17 AM EDT
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Good, some asshole almost ran me down in Sutton Place
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He also lost his job, got arrested, and convicted.
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Got one!


He also lost his job, got arrested, and convicted.


Good for him. I hate dick head cyclists, but that was beyond anything rational.





 
Link Posted: 6/30/2015 8:53:46 AM EDT
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I don't have to read the article to know I'll be siding with New York's Finest™ on this one.

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That says FAR more about cyclists than it does GD.
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You know exactly who GD is going to side with. Most here would side with Adolph Hitler over a guy riding a bike down the road.






That says FAR more about cyclists than it does GD.
87% of Bicyclists be like:



Stop sign? not for me.

Red Light? not for me.

School Bus stopped? Not for me.

Bike Lane? Nah I'd rather ride in your lane.

45mph? NAH, 15!

Single lane road? Let's ride 4 wide!

No Left Turn? Not for me.

No right on red? Not for me.

Yield sign? LOLNOPE.

I'm on the road! I'm on the Sidewalk! Walk my bike accross the pedestrian crosswalk? FUCK YOU! Ride or die!







And you Bike Fuckers are all like "why u hate me and my brothers in blue lycra so much?"




we hate you because you're selfish assholes.
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87% of Bicyclists be like:

Stop sign? not for me.
Red Light? not for me.
School Bus stopped? Not for me.
Bike Lane? Nah I'd rather ride in your lane.
45mph? NAH, 15!
Single lane road? Let's ride 4 wide!
No Left Turn? Not for me.
No right on red? Not for me.
Yield sign? LOLNOPE.
I'm on the road! I'm on the Sidewalk! Walk my bike accross the pedestrian crosswalk? FUCK YOU! Ride or die!




And you Bike Fuckers are all like "why u hate me and my brothers in blue lycra so much?"


we hate you because you're selfish assholes.
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You know exactly who GD is going to side with. Most here would side with Adolph Hitler over a guy riding a bike down the road.



That says FAR more about cyclists than it does GD.
87% of Bicyclists be like:

Stop sign? not for me.
Red Light? not for me.
School Bus stopped? Not for me.
Bike Lane? Nah I'd rather ride in your lane.
45mph? NAH, 15!
Single lane road? Let's ride 4 wide!
No Left Turn? Not for me.
No right on red? Not for me.
Yield sign? LOLNOPE.
I'm on the road! I'm on the Sidewalk! Walk my bike accross the pedestrian crosswalk? FUCK YOU! Ride or die!




And you Bike Fuckers are all like "why u hate me and my brothers in blue lycra so much?"


we hate you because you're selfish assholes.

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You know exactly who GD is going to side with. Most here would side with Adolph Hitler over a guy riding a bike down the road.



That says FAR more about cyclists than it does GD.
87% of Bicyclists be like:

Stop sign? not for me.
Red Light? not for me.
School Bus stopped? Not for me.
Bike Lane? Nah I'd rather ride in your lane.
45mph? NAH, 15!
Single lane road? Let's ride 4 wide!
No Left Turn? Not for me.
No right on red? Not for me.
Yield sign? LOLNOPE.
I'm on the road! I'm on the Sidewalk! Walk my bike accross the pedestrian crosswalk? FUCK YOU! Ride or die!




And you Bike Fuckers are all like "why u hate me and my brothers in blue lycra so much?"


we hate you because you're selfish assholes.



Spot on.
Link Posted: 6/30/2015 9:45:00 AM EDT
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Drop in the bucket.

Of course I challenge you to navigate any vehicle through Manhattan and not break a traffic law.
Link Posted: 6/30/2015 9:54:35 AM EDT
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Slacker.
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Boom
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Hitler built the autobahn and helped high speed traffic, so he was better than bicyclists (at least in that regard).
Link Posted: 6/30/2015 10:02:40 AM EDT
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I saw FAR more lawbreaking in my time in NYC by bicyclists than all the cabbies or patch-wearing bikers combined.

They don't have a plate on their ass, they KNOW it, and yell at YOU the pedestrian when you are on the sidewalk to get out of "their" way!
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