[*BCM*] Electro Bike....Re: Battered Biker Syndrome

[Mars]

  Massachusetts cares not if your ride has pedals or not. If you meet 
these terms, you are a 'moped': http://www.mass.gov/rmv/license/7moped.htm

If you have a newer scooter which is capable of more then 30 mph (which 
the newer ones pretty much all are, even the 50cc ones) then you are now 
classified as a 'limited use vehicle': http://www.mass.gov/rmv/regs/luv.htm

If you don't fit into either of the above categories, have a motor and 
have less than four wheels, you're riding a motorcycle.

Parking regulations for mopeds and limited use vehicles are set by 
individual cities and towns, so it is not explicitly illegal to park a 
'moped' at a bike rack unless you specifically know that the town you're 
in says so.

On 8/10/2010 2:36 PM, Silivrenion wrote:
> I have some cheap prescription meds I found under my bed, if you'd 
> like them? I hear they do wonderful things.
>
> The bottom line is that true mopeds (motorized bicycles with pedals) 
> blur the lines of legality, and fall into the same kind of issues as 
> motor scooters.
>
> --------------------
> Angela Morley
> Founder & CEO, ionFyre Technologies
> Computer Specialist, Salem State University Information Technology 
> Services
> General Manager, WMWM Salem
>
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Ben Salomon <bensalomon84 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:bensalomon84 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     I want to be on the mailing list for boston critical mass, but i'm
>     this is boreder line spam
>
>     On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 10:54 PM, <thom3 at aol.com
>     <mailto:thom3 at aol.com>> wrote:
>     > That's an ongoing situ that will be well, ongoing, I keep trying
>     to think of
>     > better ways to approach motorists on this...
>     >
>     > BUT, BUT,did anyone read this
>     >
>     >
>     http://www.boston.com/business/technology/innoeco/2010/08/buzzing_around_boston_on_pietz.html
>     >
>     > My immediate thoughts were, is it legal to bike on the sidewalk,
>     let along
>     > ride a motorized vehicle on it? And a motorized vehicle on the
>     esplanade?
>     > This all seems wrong.
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > -----Original Message-----
>     > From: Jym Dyer <jym at econet.org <mailto:jym at econet.org>>
>     > To: Boston CM <list at bostoncriticalmass.org
>     <mailto:list at bostoncriticalmass.org>>
>     > Sent: Mon, Aug 9, 2010 4:21 pm
>     > Subject: [*BCM*] Battered Biker Syndrome
>     >
>     > =v= In response to this _Globe_ article:
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/brookline/2010/07/by_jonathan_simmons_guest_colu_2.html
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > Sean Roche wrote an astute "Battered Biker Syndrome" blog entry,
>     >
>     > appended below.
>     >
>     > <_Jym_>
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > =------------8<-------------Cut-Here-------------8<------------=
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     http://newtonstreets.blogspot.com/2010/08/battered-biker-syndrome.html
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > Battered Biker Syndrome
>     >
>     >     by Sean Roche
>     >
>     > Newton Streets and Sidewalks | Tuesday, 03-Aug-2010 at 6:08 AM
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > A driver chatting on a cellphone almost hit Jonathan Simmons,
>     >
>     > the _Globe_'s On Biking columnist. When confronted, she told him
>     >
>     > he had no business on the road. His response? He wrote a column
>     >
>     > wondering how biker behavior has contributed to the "road rage"
>     >
>     > and proposing a 10-point share-the-road pledge, six of which
>     >
>     > points apply exclusively to bikes and one of which applies only
>     >
>     > to pedestrians.
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > Let's break this down. Biker nearly gets killed. Biker promises
>     >
>     > to make drivers less angry.
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > These are classic symptoms of someone in an abusive
>     >
>     > relationship. You harm me or threaten to harm me. It must
>     >
>     > be psomething I'm doing. I'll be a better person. Promise.
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > Suggesting that there is some causal relationship between
>     >
>     > cyclists' behavior and the woman's potentially fatal actions
>     >
>     > is just wrong. Let's be clear. There is absolutely no behavior
>     >
>     > on the part of a cyclist that excuses or explains a motorist
>     >
>     > putting a cyclist in jeopardy. There is nothing that cyclists do
>     >
>     > that excuses or explains a motorist being ignorant of cyclists'
>     >
>     > right to the road.
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > Nothing.
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > Certainly, there are cyclists out there doing things that are
>     >
>     > wrong and things that are technically illegal. Let's identify
>     >
>     > and address those behaviors. But let's not even suggest that
>     >
>     > those behaviors somehow justify the anti-bicycle sentiment
>     >
>     > that's demonstrably out there on the road. Especially -- and
>     >
>     > this also reflective of abusive relationships -- because of the
>     >
>     > inherent power differential in the motorist/biker relationship:
>     >
>     > motorists' attitudes and behaviors can get a cyclist killed or
>     >
>     > seriously injured.
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > Perhaps most importantly, it's foolish to think that drivers are
>     >
>     > going to respect cyclists and give them plenty of safe cushion
>     >
>     > if we could just convince those pesky two-wheeled scofflaws to
>     >
>     > stop at red lights. Dangerous driving, road rage, and rampant
>     >
>     > violations of the rules of the road pre-date the recent surge in
>     >
>     > bicycling. Cyclists have just become another target for the bad
>     >
>     > actors in our car-dominated culture.
>     >
>     >
>     >
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