casey is soon informed by the cop of his infraction. he told me he was giving me a summons for riding my bike outside of the bike lane which seemed astonishing to me. bike lanes are designated lanes just for bicyclists. according to new york city s traffic rules and regulations, section 4-12 states that all bike riders must use the bike lane if provided. you re busting my balls. i m doing the world a favor riding my bike. it s pouring rain. i was frustrated. i argued with him a little bit. i showed him there s a car double parked right there. pull that guy over. why are you picking on me? he s pulled over double parked. you re not giving him a ticket. he said i ll catch up with him next. then he officer hands over the ticket. mail it in, guilty or not guilty. everything you need is right on the back.
he told me he was giving me a summons for riding my bike outside of the bike lane which seemed astonishing to me. bike lanes are designated lanes just for bicyclists. according to new york city s traffic rules and regulations, section 4-12 states that all bike riders must use the bike lane if provided. you re busting my balls. i m doing the world a favor riding my bike. it s pouring rain. i showed him there s a car double parked there, pull that guy over. why are you picking on me? he s pulled over double parked. you re not giving him a ticket. he said i ll catch up with him next. then he officer hands over the ticket. mail it in, guilty or not guilty. everything you need is right on the back. then it was have a nice day, sir. there was no arguing at that point.
so we spent an hour riding around lower manhattan looking for obstructions. we didn t have to look hard. casey is careful to ride in the bike lane no matter what s in the bike lane. we were out for an hour. we found six or eight obstructions. we didn t set any up. they re all real. we should note, casey is not wearing a helmet, which is quote, strongly recommended by new york city s department of transportation. i didn t get hurt making it. i m pretty good at taking a fall. i did do all my own stunts. back at his studio, a little bruised by otherwise okay, casey edits together his encounter with the policeman and his encounters in the bike lane. then he posts the three-minute
around lower manhattan looking for obstructions. we didn t have to look hard. casey is careful to ride in the bike lane no matter what s in the bike lane. we were out for an hour. we found six or eight obstructions. we didn t set any up. they re all real. we should note, casey is not wearing a helmet, which is quote, strongly recommended by new york city s department of transportation. i didn t get hurt making it. i m pretty good at taking a fall. i did do all my own stunts. back at his studio, a little bruised by otherwise okay, casey edits together his encounter with the policeman and his encounters in the bike lane. then he posts the three-minute video on youtube. it was something like in an
on a new york city street, police make a different kind of traffic stop pulling over a man on a bicycle. he said i m ticketing you for riding outside of the bike lanes. which just seemed absurd to me. convinced the nypd is in the wrong, this film maker decides to fight the law in his own way with a youtube video about the incident. that s seen by more than 4 million people and counting. i thought a funny way to come back at the cop was to make a movie showing what happens if you always ride in the bike lanes regardless of circumstance. casey nicetab braves the mean streets of new york riding the bike in know east village. riding a bike is treacherous. you see the cars whizzing through. nobody s paying attention. everybody s in a rush. this is what you face day to day.