Lisbonize » fun http://www.lisbonize.com Mobilidade Urbana em Portugal Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:53:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 commuting to jail http://www.lisbonize.com/2009/12/commuting-to-jail/ http://www.lisbonize.com/2009/12/commuting-to-jail/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:13:46 +0000 The Lisbonizer http://www.lisbonize.com/?p=804 image-37442-galleryV9-dyxePeter Paul Michalski (46) made everything correct - in a political and ecological way. He used a commuter bike (with legal light-system and mudguards) for his daily transport, he enjoyed fresh air and he was in his leisure clothing, when riding on a bicycle in his home region on Bundesstraße 58 in direction to Schermbeck (Wesel) near the Dutch border.

So it was for shure not the wrong transport that he had chosen, when he was kicked off the road by a bunch of civil agents of the state police.

His main problem was, that he carried a loaded gun and a mobile phone with him. Another problem was, that during one week the whole German police was searching him, after he left his home-jail – JVA Achen – using a key for the front door.. ;-)

They tracked his mobile phone that was switched “on” while he was observated already during days. On a lonely, German country road they efficiency of Police-work lead to a stunt-look-a-like arrest scene. (There was not so much efficiency before and especially @ JVA Achen, where a prison guard did help him to escape… but this is another story)

So what do we learn from this?

1. Do not use a  28er Kettler, 6-gear bicycle on the wrong side of the Dutch border.

2. Use of mobile phones on a bicycle is dangerous

3. Never, ever a commuter bike had such a public attention:

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