[*BCM*] Just got "pulled over" for running a red on Mass. Ave.

[Adam Rosi-Kessel]

Gondaba wrote, on 3/6/2008 9:29 AM:
> Ridiculous. I was in Cambridge on Mass Ave, right in front of the large 
> MIT crosswalk. The crosswalk had a red light, sure, but it was pretty 
> clear and I was in no danger of hitting the poor little pedestrians. A 
> Cambridge Cop standing next to his motorcycle flags three of us down 
> after the crosswalk and tells us to stay put. He proceeds to ask for our 
> IDs and issue each one of us a $20 fine.
...
> Has this happened to anyone else before?

This happens all the time on Mass Ave in Cambridge, particularly between 
Kendall and Central. It's been going on for at least ten years. The 
moral of the story is not to run red lights on that section of Mass Ave.

Adam