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85 Bikes Seized, Riders Cited During Bay Bridge Take over Attempt, CHP Says
Authorities detained 85 cyclists for riding recklessly and entering a freeway ramp, seizing bikes and issuing citations to prevent public safety risks, CHP said.
- On Saturday, the California Highway Patrol and San Francisco Police Department detained 85 cyclists attempting to "take over" the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge after they rode the wrong way up the Harrison Street off-ramp.
- Before reaching the bridge, the group rode recklessly through San Francisco streets, swerving near pedestrians and moving vehicles while the SFPD tracked them using the Real Time Investigations Center to monitor their movements.
- Authorities blocked access to the Bay Bridge, meeting the cyclists as they exited the Harrison Street off-ramp and preventing the group from entering the roadway or returning to the city.
- Citations were issued to 85 cyclists for riding bicycles onto a freeway, and law enforcement seized 85 bicycles, with CHP San Francisco Area Captain Tim McCollister stating, "What we saw yesterday was not harmless fun."
- McCollister emphasized that riding the wrong way on the freeway poses serious danger to motorists, adding, "Our priority is safety, and actions like this put lives at risk and disrupt critical transportation corridors.
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Authorities Seize 85 Bikes After Cyclists Attempt to Take Over Bay Bridge
Dozens of cyclists were spotted swerving in and out of traffic, riding directly at moving cars, and narrowly missing pedestrians before heading the wrong way up the ramp to the Bay Bridge — where they were greeted by the SFPD and CHP. The San Francisco Police Department put out a pretty spectacular video of authorities detaining 85 cyclists who attempted to take over the Bay Bridge Saturday. According to a press release from the California Highw…
85 bikes seized as bicyclists attempt Bay Bridge takeover: CHP
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Eighty-five bikes were seized by authorities after a large group of bicyclists attempted to enter the Bay Bridge from San Francisco on Saturday, according to the California Highway Patrol. CHP observed the bicyclists gathered in San Francisco and officers said they witnessed them swerving in and out of traffic, riding directly at moving cars and coming dangerously close to pedestrians. The San Francisco Police Department …
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