[*BCM*] Red-light runners crackdown...

[Hiroyuki G Yamada]

Wait, I'm confused... what's a situation where they wouldn't be allowed to
respond to the "Am I free to go?" question with a "No, sorry, I'm writing
you this ticket"...


Just so we're clear, it *IS* illegal to run a red light on a bicycle, right?
And if, having done so, a police officer pulls you over, you ARE being
detained, right? Unless "being detained" is "more" than being held while the
officer writes the traffic citation...?

The ID/Name thing I think is usually pretty standard for *all* police
interaction, though, right? If they just pull you over to be a dick, and
AREN'T writing a ticket, you usually don't have to tell them anything at
all. It's not until they have a "reason" to do so -- speeding/red
lights/sidewalk/etc that they can get positive ID (name, or license, etc).
But yea, an actual instance of the MA/Cambridge/Boston code would be good to
know/confirm that all...



On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 6:20 PM, Turil <thewiseturtle at gmail.com> wrote:

> I went to look for this and couldn't find it, except on Cambridge's
> website.  It wasn't in 85. 11b anymore.  So maybe they did take it
> out...
>
> Can anyone confirm this either way with an actual chapter and section
> from the mass laws?
>
> -Turil
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Hiroyuki G. Yamada
Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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