Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do?

While back in Washington they're preoccupied with the many ways that terrorists could strike, here in Basel the police are busy cracking down on...cyclists. Our friend Bill was riding his bike to work yesterday and after riding through an intersection he's gone through almost daily for two years, two policewomen flagged him down (I know, it sounds like the beginning to a bad porn flick). After making sure his bike was properly registered, they admonished him for riding through the intersection instead of walking his bike across and gave him a 40-franc fine. He's still not sure whether you have to walk your bike through all intersections or just that particular one. In any event, it's good to know that the local Polizei are there to protect us from the terror of unruly cyclists on the streets of Basel.