Going through the tunnel is illegal unless you are an MBTA vehicle. So not just bikes are excluded, but ordinary traffic, whether bicycle, pedestrian, car or Segway.<br><br>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 31/08/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Marq Maru</b> <<a href="mailto:daiglodesign@hotmail.com">daiglodesign@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">I don't understand why he doesn't think going through the tunnel is illegal.<br>If we are riding on the street, we are considered a legal vehicle. Bound by
<br>all the constraints of a motorcycle, car, bus, etc.<br><br>When I ride the 30 minutes to work, my feet never touch the ground, once.<br>If I were to get a ticket for the stopsigns and red lights I run, I would<br>smile and pay it...because I knowingly broke the law. (What are they going
<br>to do, raise my insurance premiums?)<br><br>Now going throught the tunnel is a a different story. If the cops got<br>organized to come down on CM, they would know that we were going to end up<br>there at some point every month.
<br><br>He says that the police have no right to arrest us (true), and that the cops<br>don't have the power to arrest us (false). That's just naive. Cops can<br>take you downtown anytime they want (New York CM).<br><br>
I don't know why he's showing so much conviction about it when he wrote in<br>his first email that CM has no real mission or meaning.<br><br>Prognosis: Internet lurker that just likes to stir things up<br>Diagnosis: Another filter on my spam blocker.
<br><br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "turtle" <<a href="mailto:turtle@zworg.com">turtle@zworg.com</a>><br>To: "Boston Critical Mass" <<a href="mailto:list@bostoncriticalmass.org">
list@bostoncriticalmass.org</a>><br>Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 10:31 AM<br>Subject: Re: [*BCM*] tunnel etc.<br><br><br>> Boston Critical Mass <<a href="mailto:list@bostoncriticalmass.org">list@bostoncriticalmass.org
</a>> wrote:<br>>><br>>> People aren't going to stop riding the tunnel, and why should we?<br>><br>> Because its disrespectful? Because it gives bicyclists a bad<br>> reputation? Because it might cause a crash?
<br>><br>> Those are my answers. I'm sure others may have other reasons for not<br>> riding in a T tunnel.<br>><br>> It sounds like you don't have a reason for not doing it. Well, then I<br>> guess nothing I say is going to stop you. (The police, on the other
<br>> hand, may.)<br>><br>> -Turtle<br>><br>> -----------<br>> "One day we must come to see that peace is not merely a distant goal we<br>> seek, but that it is a means by which we arrive at that goal. We must
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