Illegal Now

Published on February 26, 2005 By Watson In WinCustomize Talk

Just thought I'd let everyone know that my town has passed a law outlawing skatebaording, biking, and blading on city sidewalks, which happens to be oh by the way every freaking where! The police of this fine town are having a contest to see who can confiscate the most boards in a week, and anyone who is seen on one of these aforementioned items, can and will be arrested and/or detained

Comments (Page 1)

sl33stak

on Feb 26, 2005

SKATEBOARDING IS NOT A CRIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!............... I know how ya feel bro. Sucks.....

_02

on Feb 26, 2005

While skateboarding is not a crime, it does pose a considerable amount of danger to the pedestrians who are using the sidewalk to walk. That is why they are called sideWALKS.

joeKnowledge

on Feb 26, 2005

what is funny is that in, I believe, most states it is a misdeminor (spell?) to ride anything on a pedestian pathway (aka sidewalks... key word 'walk' and 'ped')

Speeding objects with people on the sidewalk usually doesn't work.

I do feel sorry for inner city kids, becuase they REALLY have no where else to go but on the sidewalk.

Watson

on Feb 26, 2005

Nobody uses the sidewalks in my town, that's the funny part.

joeKnowledge

on Feb 26, 2005

Archangel_Douglas

on Feb 26, 2005

prob. the reason why noone uses the sidewalks is that theres all these skateboarders and bike riders on them...

Snowman

on Feb 26, 2005

Nobody uses the sidewalks in my town

Do the pedestrians walk on the road?!

ZubaZ

on Feb 26, 2005

I live in Houston. Because of the distance between things, almost everyone drives, sidewalks go unused.

It wasn't until the community I live in was annexed by Houston that they installed sidewalks. That's after 25 years of not having them. And now . . . they are used by joggers; which can be more unsafe than skateboarders or bikers.

Thankfully, I ride a unicycle; and unless THE MAN lists my mode of transportation explicitally . . . I'm not dismounting.

Bichur

on Feb 26, 2005

That is why they are called sideWALKS.

What about PARKways? you drive on them.

What about DRIVEways? you park in them.

Jafo

on Feb 26, 2005

That is why they are called sideWALKS.

In the 'real' world they're called 'footpaths'....

WebGizmos

on Feb 26, 2005

Lets get them evildoers! How dare they try and have fun on a skateboard! In fact I think we should even outlaw walking and sneakers..in fact all types of footwear! It wears down our sidewalks and tramples the grass! Oh the humanity of it all where will it stop!

In fact...from now on everyone should stay in there homes. Only government officials should be allowed out and anyone else caught outside should be shot on sight!

Thank God that government officials look out for us or we might have a life and have fun!

Jafo

on Feb 26, 2005

My mother was knocked down by an idiot skateboarder on a railway station platform...when she was 75....most common result for that is broken hip/pelvis followed by pneumonia followed by death.

Had I been there I would have pushed him under the train.

Seems fair.

Weaksid

on Feb 26, 2005

It almost sounds like the Virgina Law about the butt crack thing.

If you need more info on this, I'll post it.

Bichur

on Feb 26, 2005

Crack kills.

Weaksid

on Feb 26, 2005

Correction. It's low riding pants.

News article -> http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/02/09/low.pants.ap/

Grr...
After that article I found this...
It got Dropped and I didn't know it.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/02/10/droopy.pants.ap/

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