Enforcement of Bike Speed Limit Gets Under Way
Bicyclists traveling faster than 10 m.p.h. along the Huntington Beach bike path south of the pier felt the long arm of the law Wednesday.
It was the first day for police to enforce a new ordinance restricting bicyclists to 5 m.p.h. when pedestrians are present and 10 m.p.h. when the path is empty, said city spokesman James Engle.
After numerous collisions involving bicycles and pedestrians, the city enacted the ordinance to be on the “safe side,” Engle said.
How are police going to enforce the ordinance?
“With hand-held portable radar units,” Engle answered.
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