Yet More Handy Tricks: Volume 5

Step 15 Red Curb Demon

Someone spilled some paint while painting red curbs in The Mission district, San Francisco.
Someone came along later and turned it into "The Red Curb Demon".

A red curb means "no parking, stopping, or anything".
A cop once pulled me over into one of these red curb area which was also a bus stop.
He wrote me a $270 ticket for being there, even though he picked the spot.

From the California Driver's Manual
Parking At Colored Curbs
Painted colored curbs have the following special parking rules:

White: Stop only long enough to pick up or drop off passengers or mail.

Green: Park for a limited time. Look for a sign next to the green zone or for the time painted on the curb.

Yellow: Stop no longer than the time posted to load or unload passengers or freight. Drivers of noncommercial vehicles are usually required to stay with the vehicle.

Red: No stopping, standing, or parking. (Buses may stop at a red zone marked for buses.)

Blue: Parking is permitted only for a disabled person who displays a placard or disabled person or disabled veteran license plates. Disabled people with a placard or special plates may park in special areas for unlimited periods of time, regardless of time restrictions. No one else may park there. Qualified persons may apply at any DMV office for a parking placard or special plates.

An identification card will be issued to holders of disabled person or disabled veteran license plates.

Comments

[Rmstrjim]

Cops don't pick where you stop your car unless they're on foot and waving you over. If you're being pulled over it's your responsibility to find a safe place to stop.

[A good name]

Please, if he had kept going the cop would have charged him with evading arrest.

[Rmstrjim]

... Being pulled over != being arrested. You're obligated to determine a safe place to stop your vehicle, as YOU are in control of it, not the police. Capiche?

[pfred2]

I thought those people with the lights on their roofs just wanted to race. I haven't lost to one yet!

[Somnia]

Rmstrjim is right. For example, if a cop with lights on starts to follow you on a back road somewhere, you have the right to continue until you get to a lighted area for your own safety. You DO need to call the police station dispatch and let them know what you're doing, lest the coppers think you're ignorant or running away.

[reedzilla]

does that red curb demon have a giant sparkler sticking out of his back? Very festive!