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(2 votes) 7:16 pm
June 20, 2007
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From CBS:
The City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved an ordinance that gives police more leeway in ticketing reckless riders in an effort to stop skateboarders from “bombing” down steep hills at breakneck speeds.
The ordinance, which the mayor said he would sign, will require skateboarders to stand while riding on public roads, sidewalks, parking lots or other public property.
“Using, pushing, propelling or riding on a skateboard in a sitting, prone, kneeling or lying position is prohibited,” the ordinance states.
To slow skateboarders down, the ordinance makes it illegal to ride a skateboard faster than 10 mph through an intersection or to ride while hanging on to a vehicle. Drivers who knowingly tow a skateboarder with a vehicle can be ticketed.
The ordinance includes language prohibiting skateboarders from riding “recklessly or in such a manner or at such a speed as to cause or threaten to cause injury to himself or herself or to others.”
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8:47 pm
October 17, 2009
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This new law is meaningless. The same law has already existed for 22 years. They didn't enforce the existing law. Why would they enforce the new one?
LOS ANGELES COUNTY CODE
TITLE 15: VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
CHAPTER 15.54: SKATEBOARDS AND ROLLER SKATES
15.54.010: SKATEBOARDS – PROHIBITED ON GREATER THAN THREE-PERCENT GRADE.
No person shall ride on or propel any skateboard, as defined in Section 15.08.185, on any county road, street, highway, lane or alley which has a grade in excess of three percent, nor shall any person ride on or propel any skateboard on any county road, street, highway, lane or alley in excess of 10 miles per hour. (Ord. 12259 § 2, 1980: Ord. 6544 Ch. 1 Art. 4 § 1404.1, 1954.)
