[*BCM*] spoiled bitches of brookline.

[Sean Welch]

> Still, less cars is good.  It's a start.

Absolutely agreed; I'm not saying it's bad, just that it might be
"worse" in some ways, for a while.

I'm from Los Angeles (at the moment, moving to MA this year) so
believe me, I feel it.



On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 11:55 AM, Basil Sharpe
<bsharpe at redcoatpublishing.com> wrote:
> Still, less cars is good.  It's a start.  And the jerks still in the
> cars will see more bikes on the road.  I notice drivers treat one
> cyclist with no other cyclists in sight much differently than they treat
> a cyclist with other cyclist on the road in plain view.  It's the whole
> what can he get away with and not get caught thing going on.  Not all
> jerks are rich either.  Plenty of trash who are not rich drive to
> intimidate cycles by reving engines etc etc etc.   Plenty, 12 bucks a
> gallon is going to hit him good.  I see higher gas prices as a positive
> thing for the bicycle cause.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bostoncriticalmass-bounces at bostoncriticalmass.org
> [mailto:bostoncriticalmass-bounces at bostoncriticalmass.org] On Behalf Of
> Sean Welch
> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 2:45 PM
> To: Boston Critical Mass
> Subject: Re: [*BCM*] spoiled bitches of brookline.
>
> "Hopefully gas prices just price these jerks right off the road."
>
> Initially, it'll probably serve to increase the a-hole ratio.  The
> sensible people are going to be the first ones off the road.
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 5:54 AM, Basil Sharpe
> <bsharpe at redcoatpublishing.com> wrote:
>> I feel your pain!   I get an SUV reving his engine, going to fast and
> close
>> at least 4 times daily when I ride/commute from Medford to Beverly.
>> There's some real trash behind the wheel out there.  The good news is
> that
>> gas prices are going in the right direction.   When they hit 12 to 15
> bucks
>> a gallon the streets should be a bit more bike friendly.  So hang in
> there,
>> were a 3rd of the way there.  I just pray the prices rise sooner than
> later
>> because I'm afraid one of these jerks is going ruin my life and then
> my wife
>> and child are in a bind without an income coming in.   But then again
> why
>> should I feel sorry for myself when families are ruined world wide
> just so
>> these jerks can put fuel in these SUV's at cheap prices.  Hopefully
> gas
>> prices just price these jerks right off the road.
>>
>>
>>
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>> nevele
>> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 1:03 AM
>> To: Boston Critical Mass
>> Subject: [*BCM*] spoiled bitches of brookline.
>>
>>
>>
>> pardon my french, but nearly getting killed sorta pisses me off.
>>
>> after work tonight i was riding home down harvard st. towards
> brookline
>> village and this brand new SUV decided to pull a bullshit left turn
> right at
>> me. thank god i reacted as quickly as i did as if i hadn't my
> consciousness
>> would be on this fucker's windshield, rather than in this email.
> anyway,
>> during the rest of my ride home, after pontificating the ways in which
> i
>> could destroy this car with my u-lock, i thought that the driver may
> have
>> been a recent grad of brookline high, whose parents had just bought
> him/her
>> a brand new SUV (given current trends, it was most likely a she) for
>> graduation despite the fact that their son or daughter have no idea
> how to
>> drive.
>>
>> for safety's sake, let's just say that i'm right, and that everyone
> should
>> be horribly careful around new looking SUVs in and around brookline.
>>
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