Attempted bike theft this morning?

At about 6:45am, On my commute to work I was rolling down Milwaukee. In front of Buffalo Exchange(1478 N. Milwaukee) there was a car that was half parked, half in the streets. It's not normal for that to happen in the morning(that I've noticed), but more common in the afternoon. They had their hazards on, and I thought it was just another driver that was blocking the street. There were about six or seven bikes parked near the front of the store and I saw a few laying down. I thought there may have been an accident at first, but at second glance, noticed there wasn't anybody around aside from the car. So I looked a little bit, and the two bikes laying down were actually locked to the No Parking sucker pole in front of the store. I immediately guessed that the driver stopped and scared off some possible bike thieves. I second guessed myself, but realized there was no way that the driver could be stealing the bikes because of the size of the car, and no passenger. Maybe I was wrong, but hopefully not.

If the bikes are still there for the person who locked them up, then you're pretty lucky. If you locked to a no parking signpost on Milwaukee ave overnight, you're an idiot. If the signpost is the only thing to lock to on the block, go to the next block.

Fox News Video from two years ago...

Active Transportation Alliance info about Sucker Poles