Saskatoon cyclist handed $150 ticket for bike rack on rear of vehicle
Global News
Craig de Gier, an avid cyclist and cycling promotor received a $150 ticket on Saturday for having a rear bike rack attached to his car.
A Saskatoon cyclist who has been using a bike rack on the back of his vehicle for about six years said he was ticketed on Saturday.
Craig de Gier told Global News the police officer who stopped him on Idylwyld Drive said the bike rack mounted on his hitch was partially obscuring his license plate.
de Gier was fined $150 under the Traffic Safety Act Section 192(6) that states no person shall drive a vehicle on a highway if the license plate or any portion of the plate is obstructed in any manner that prevents the plate or any of the numbers or letters on the plate from being accurately photographed by a red light camera system.
“I’ve been involved with cycling for 24 years using all kinds of different racks, and I’ve never had an issue with any trunk, hitch, or roof-mounted rack.”
de Gier said he uses the bike rack seasonally and rarely in the winter. As a short term solution, de Gier said he will be limiting use of the hitch rack.
“Until I hear something that says, ‘no, we’re going to crack down on anything that covers a license plate,’ then I don’t feel it’s appropriate to be really targeting the cycling community and what’s been a common way to carry bikes on a car for the last 20, 30 years.”
While Saskatoon police did not make a formal statement, an officer said anything that covers or hinders a license plate is illegal.
Jay Woytowich, owner of Doug’s Spoke ‘N Sport in Saskatoon, said this type of bike rack is very common.
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