[Mark-B]

You didn't get the part about training right. It says for a consideration which means you get paid for it.

Yup! .. Sounds right.. But consideration would include gifts too I suppose? .. So ... If the person you help get two wheels under them takes you out for a beer afterwards.. Into the clink you shall go :lol:

 

[Mark-B]

...It's up to the po-po I guess. :smile:

Yeah.. So many laws out there, the only way to be sure is to actually ask the police.. I have done that in the past..

They say ignorance of the law isn't an excuse, yet, if they would work a little more diligently at their definitions of a thing, maybe us humans would be less ignorant.

Oh I get paid alright! ..:smile:

Oh, I Bet You Do :lol:

 

[Mark-B]

Here, a great-while back, I asked the police chief (gotta love small towns) if it was okay to practice early morning in the Home Depot Parking lot when nobody was there and the store was closed..

"It's private property, you would have to get permission from the store.." I was told, and then I was commended for calling to ask and for not engaging in practicing in rush hour traffic.. :lol:

So I did.. Home depot store manager "I don't have a problem with that"

..Seems a little odd that a store parking lot is considered public domain and under police jurisdiction when they ain't publicly owned?

Meh... It's all likely in the fine-print

 

[Mark-B]

Yep! All store properties around here are private. Kinda stayed away from them as the really big ones here are open 24 hrs. We have a HUGE place I like to go and it hasn't been a problem really. I am going to continue to take the wife there and teach her to ride. So if my next post is from an obscure prison library, you'll know.

:lol: ... I'll keep my fingers crossed for you .. Have a Great New Years, Lonnie!

 

[Mark-B]

Common sense application of law, it's how it should be.. Coming back from California last Sunday, got caught up in heavy highway traffic heading through Phoenix.. Everybody is moving at least 20mph above the speed limit, I tried doing the speed limit one time - many years ago - and was nearly killed for it, so, you learn to go with the flow...

Anyway.. No-way can the police effectively slow down traffic handing out tickets, so they will just park and hang out by on ramps with thier blue and whites flashing..

It works... It slows down traffic.. It's not about the tickets, it's about the safety.. Love to see that kind of policing..

 

[Mark-B]

Looks as if I stirred up the makings of a real crap-storm :lol: ... Having said that, I was also told by the Chief, that if I didn't make too much noise I could also practice in the school parking lots If they were empty and school was out, too.. But, then he also said, that if a patrol showed up at any time and told me to leave, then I shouldn't argue about it.. Just because he said it was okay... :neutral: .. Like I would Ever.. Ever Do such a thing :lol:

I kinda foresaw most all arguments people here are throwing-up against such a thing eventually coming to pass by using the Home Depot and school parking lots. So instead, I found me a forest service parking lot that is usually always empty, just a couple of miles from where I live.. If a car shows up, I leave.. Simple enough..

As far as rights and laws.. Like has been said, it's upto the cop.. Most are pretty cool.. :neutral: ..then, I met a cop once who legislated from the side of the road.. It's a waste of time arguing with them.. Just apologize, and move along.. Luckily, Payson is a small town and needs tourist dollars so we have real cool cops around here and they, on a whole, tend to look the other way on the penny-ante and stupid stuff..

There's always the exception, there always will be, but those types are a real rarity hereabouts..

More likely than not, any 'normal' cop, after scraping the remnants of a few motorists off the road, is gonna look the other way or even commend a person for practicing riding a bike in a parking lot, or otherwise helping somebody else learn to ride a bike in a place out of the way and off the street..

I like to cover my bases.. I called the cops and asked if it was okay to use those places, they said yes.. If a patrolman wanted to arrest me on the spot for it - that would have been okay, and I would have left the cop-shop minutes later after my story had been corroborated.. After all, ain't no patrolman gonna fly against the Chief, or the Lieutenant, both of whom I am friendly with

At the end of the day.. Just doing these types of things responsibly ..usually, you ain't going to have to worry about it, either way..

 

[Mark-B]

can't believe you said that .... lol

Oh, I can :lol: