[*BCM*] This is the coolest thread I've ever been a member of

[ThoM3 at aol.com]

While this email does not make entire sense, it raises some long standing  
concerns with CM, mostly underscored by the proposed  "loose rules"  outlined 
earlier and the Cantabridgian who saw CM not yield to an ambulance. 
 
In recent rides (I was not there tonite) I have seen an increase in a)  
running red lights (not massing and passing) b) a lack of desire to mass up c)  
antagonizing motorists trapped and d) worst of all, a desire to get into it with  
the cops.
 
While run ins with cops has always been an issue, people were smart about  
it, dealing with the authorities, not bait and run. This is just wrong and  
defeats the purpose of CM.
 
I love you guys, but we need to bring it back to square one..
 
 
In a message dated 9/28/2007 9:40:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
mholley345 at aol.com writes:

Well I just got back from CM and there were a number of things I would  like 
to bring up, as we bike to assert our rights on the road
it's  important to realize that we are pissing some people off, who cares 
right but  when our group breaks down and we become single riders again there is 
a  certain amount of peril involved I personally was assaulted by a New  
Hampshire  driver several years ago after I separated from the group and  even 
tonite after 
i was sepated in Camb the cops were somewhat hostile,  anyway i must go but 
please be aware of this and i'm inteerested in knowing if  there are other 
people who have experienced the same,    
On another tact we should always ride around City  Hall and the statehouse, 
that may have been the most fulfilling moment I have  ever had at CM
that and stopping on The bridge to admirew the beauty of a  moonrise,  Thanks 
to all who attended and to all those who  gawked.   Michael



 



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