I used to be able to lock my bike to a rack at the North Berkeley BART station. Then they ripped up an entire row and installed pay-per-use cages (read the related rant here). Things got ugly; I was missing my train (usually the 9:07) every morning looking for bike parking. So I started attaching Snowflake to a random post to the side of the station. This worked out quite well until yesterday - everyone else seemed to mostly leave my secret but not-really-that-secret post alone - when this little note was zip-tied to my handlebar.

According to the California DMV website:

"21113.  (a) No person shall drive any vehicle or animal, nor shall any person stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle or animal, whether attended or unattended, upon the driveways, paths, parking facilities, or the grounds of any public school, state university, state college, unit of the state park system, county park, municipal airport, rapid transit district, transit development board, transit district, joint powers agency operating or managing a commuter rail system, or any property under the direct control of the legislative body of a municipality, or any state, county, or hospital district institution or building, or any educational institution exempted, in whole or in part, from taxation, or any harbor improvement district or harbor district formed pursuant to Part 2 (commencing with Section 5800) or Part 3 (commencing with Section 6000) of Division 8 of the Harbors and Navigation Code, a district organized pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 27000) of Division 16 of the Streets and Highways Code, or state grounds served by the Department of the California Highway Patrol, or any property under the possession or control of a housing authority formed pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 34240) of Part 2 of Division 24 of the Health and Safety Code, except with the permission of, and upon and subject to any condition or regulation which may be imposed by the legislative body of the municipality, or the governing board or officer of the public school, state university, state college, county park, municipal airport, rapid transit district, transit development board, transit district, joint powers agency operating or managing a commuter rail system, or state, county, or hospital district institution or building, or educational institution, or harbor district, or a district organized pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 27000) of Division 16 of the Streets and Highways Code, or housing authority, or the Director of Parks and Recreation regarding units of the state park system or the state agency with jurisdiction over the grounds served by the Department of the California Highway Patrol."

Three hundred thirty-nine words to one period; that's a ratio you don't often see.

My question is this: if I keep ripping off the little notes (I'll just start carrying a switchblade in my purse, I've been meaning to find a small one that fit in there anyway), will they keep putting them on with the threat to remove it a week later? My bike doesn't have a VIN that would legally identify it, I don't think; if there is, well, these things can be taken care of.