[bikeqld] Handheld radars along Bicentennial Bikeway

[Dan Callaghan]

Dear list,

On my ride home along the Bicentennial Bikeway late this afternoon I saw a
pair of police officers with a handheld radar gun pointed at cyclists who
were coming outbound along the newly finished "separated" section at
Milton. I assume I got clocked, I was doing about 28-30km/h at that point
as it was not congested at all so I felt it was safe to keep a nice pace
going.

In the event they didn't attempt to wave me down or anything, so I'm not
sure what they were trying to achieve with their radar. Is there even any
legally enforceable speed limit on bike paths? (I vaguely remember seeing
some absurd 10km/h speed limit signs, but that might have been only during
the construction phase.) Or is there maybe some kind of "reckless cycling"
offence which they can apply at their discretion, if they clocked someone
doing 40km/h and thought it was too much?

Has anybody else been stopped by police with radars along there? or seen
anybody else being stopped?

-- 
Dan Callaghan <djc at djc.id.au>