[*BCM*] sycle

[Ari Pollak]

According to this, the cops might actually be right.
http://list.massbike.org/archive/200203/0133.html

But seriously, that kind of thing is just common sense and I think you
did the right thing. If kids would have been getting off the bus instead
of on it, they could've darted out in front without you being able to
see them.

Lee Peters wrote:
> So I am riding to work this morning on Washington St. in the South End.  A
> school bus stops and puts out the flappy metal 'stop' sign.  I stop and wait
> on the left side of the bus.  A group of half a dozen motorcycle cops pull
> up and stop next to me.  A policeman says to me "hey, bicycles don't have to
> stop".  I replied "I just stop anyway".  In my head I used the special
> expletive reserved for the police.  How would I ever explain mowing over a 5
> year old...."the cops said I could".  I break a few laws in my travels, but
> that one seems a bit obvious.
>