So i was toiling away in yeah olde bike store on Friday, when I glanced outside and noticed a car parked in the bike lane. I thought nothing of it. A lot of times cars park for a couple of minutes to answer a phone call or pick up a son or daughter from the local high school. I have learned in the past that by the time I get out there to tell them to move, they have already moved on. I usually give them a couple of minutes before I ask them to move on.

Well this feller was taking his good old time getting the heck out of the lane so i decided to take action. I have also learned from past experience that getting angry with people never works, so I put on my best pleasant face, the one that I keep behind the counter for bike lane parkers and went to have a chat.

He rolled down and looked at me with disinterest. The first thing that I noticed was that he was reading a book so I knew that he was going to be there for a while.

"Hi, you're parked in a bike lane, would you be able to move."

"No"

"Do you really have to park here?"

"I am working," he said. It was then that it donned on me that he was an undercover cop.

"What you working at?" I asked.

He wrestled around in his seat until he was able to liberate his wallet from his pants and flipped me his badge.

"Well do you have to park here?" I asked, knowing full well he could park anywhere he wanted.

"I'm working."

So I left it at that. I walked back into the shop with visions of me pounding his head off his steering wheel, screaming, "Fucking pig fucking pig!!!" over and over again. I have no idea what he was working on except getting through the next chapter of his book.

So I could only do what anyone could do on these occasions. I got my camera and took a couple of pictures. If you notice the second picture has a cop car in the background. For a few seconds I thought about calling him over, but I knew he would be just as disinterested as the first cop.

Infuriating is not the word that I could describe at how I was feeling, but I did get some satisfaction of knowing that I could at least put his car on the Interweb and hopefully some kids who might be busted for smoking weed would see him first and get away.

The worst part of this is that it was two days after the Police Service Board considered Allen Heisey's deputation to enforce the bike lanes more as well as double the fines for parking in the bike lane.

Fucking pigs.

Over the last few days, the media has been reporting that there is a push to increase fines for parking in the bike lanes, and to increase enforcement. Obviously hasn't started yet.

Toronto Police vehicle #11S1 (Supervisor), license plate BEYY 864.

The officer could clearly be seen inside a restaurant getting some takeout food.

Good to see the Toronto Police 11 Division protecting the Annette St. bike lane from illegal parking as they grab some breakfast.

License plate AVSA 127, car number 1205.

Good to see that City of Toronto Parking Enforcement vehicle PKW30, license plate AYCA 758 is doing such a good job at keeping the bike lane clear of parked motor vehicles.

There was nobody inside the vehicle, nor anywhere visible on the street.

Ah, it's a police car, blocking the eastbound College bike lane. This section just past Spadina is always popular, maybe because of Burger King?

Dealing with surging College green-light traffic, right turners from Spadina, streetcar tracks, and a blocked bike lane all at the same time is a good workout

Now... I know there is no painted lane here, but... for anyone who knows this section of St. George that there was a painted lane before they put this brick in, and there is a lane just before and after.

The lane should be assumed, or goes to show that it needs to be RE PAINTED!!!

I can't believe that a police officer would do this. I guess it demonstrates how seriously the City takes cyclists.