Lawsuit asks judge to issue injunction against NYPD and ensure damages paid to ticketed cyclists, as rider accuses police of ignoring law that enables cyclists to 'go with the walk' and ride through like pedestrians
Only in USA: Cyclist breaks the law, and then sues state for getting a ticket.
Mr Esparza took the case to court and it was chucked out by a judge, leading to this lawsuit now hoping to stop NYPD fining cyclists over such incidents for good.
In other words, cyclist broken the law, got ticket, disputed it in court, and court decided ticket was issued correctly, so cyclist sues again. Lol
The first court date was him appearing as he had been summoned by the ticket. THAT case was thrown out (he was found to have not broken a law)
He is now starting a class action lawsuit so that other cyclists affected can get some financial compensation as they were wrongfully fined. Many could have just paid the fine and not realized the ticket was incorrect.
If he had lost (the fine was found to be correct) and then decided to start a class action lawsuit anyway the lawsuit would almost immediately be dismissed
Rosa Parks was breaking the law, too. If the law is stupid or unconstitutional, suing is how you get a court to make that determination and strike the law.
In this case, the cyclists’ argument is that they are following the law and the NYPD is incorrectly citing them.
Only in USA: Cyclist breaks the law, and then sues state for getting a ticket.
In other words, cyclist broken the law, got ticket, disputed it in court, and court decided ticket was issued correctly, so cyclist sues again. Lol
No, the cyclist followed the law, which states that cyclists should follow pedestrian signals if the traffic lights are red.
The article even includes a graphic published by the city describing the expected behavior.
The wording is a bit annoying.
The first court date was him appearing as he had been summoned by the ticket. THAT case was thrown out (he was found to have not broken a law)
He is now starting a class action lawsuit so that other cyclists affected can get some financial compensation as they were wrongfully fined. Many could have just paid the fine and not realized the ticket was incorrect.
If he had lost (the fine was found to be correct) and then decided to start a class action lawsuit anyway the lawsuit would almost immediately be dismissed
If this is the case, it’s not annoying but straight out misleading
I was being nice.
For myself and I suspect others from the US it was very clear.
Rosa Parks was breaking the law, too. If the law is stupid or unconstitutional, suing is how you get a court to make that determination and strike the law.
In this case, the cyclists’ argument is that they are following the law and the NYPD is incorrectly citing them.