<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV>If signed, Critical Mass, using our present mode of spreading out through the width of the roadway, will be illegal.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span">You mean it'll <I>still</I> be illegal. In fact, it'll be slightly less illegal, since cyclists will now be allowed to ride two abreast instead of only single file (Section 4; <A href="http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/house/ht05pdf/ht05372.pdf">http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/house/ht05pdf/ht05372.pdf</A>). Not that 'slightly less illegal' is any closer to 'legal'.</SPAN></DIV><BR><DIV> <DIV> -Ian Westcott</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV> developer + information technology manager</DIV><DIV> the barbarian group</DIV><DIV> 338 newbury street, 3rd floor</DIV><DIV> boston, ma 02115-2700</DIV><DIV> <A href="mailto:ianw@barbariangroup.com">ianw@barbariangroup.com</A></DIV><DIV> 617-424-8887</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Dec 23, 2006, at 4:50 PM, Lee Peters wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV>Thanks Ari,</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>If signed, Critical Mass, using our present mode of spreading out through the width of the roadway, will be illegal.</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>I wonder what exactly we do when doored? Do we track down an officer and request a ticket be given to the driver?</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>----- Original Message ----- From: "Ari Pollak" <<A href="mailto:ajp@aripollak.com">ajp@aripollak.com</A>></DIV><DIV>To: "Boston Critical Mass" <<A href="mailto:list@bostoncriticalmass.org">list@bostoncriticalmass.org</A>></DIV><DIV>Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006 4:13 PM</DIV><DIV>Subject: Re: [*BCM*] News?</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>MassBike has information about it (which they probably would have sent to</DIV><DIV>this list if people hadn't been so hostile towards them):</DIV><DIV><A href="http://massbike.org/news/index.htm">http://massbike.org/news/index.htm</A></DIV><DIV>Romney hasn't signed the bill yet, but he's probably going to.</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>Lee Peters wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV>Did anyone catch the report on wbur about Romney signing a bike bill this</DIV><DIV>week? Is there a written version of the story? I can't find it in the</DIV><DIV>Globe or wbur.org.</DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV>Boston Critical Mass mailing list</DIV><DIV><A href="mailto:list@bostoncriticalmass.org">list@bostoncriticalmass.org</A></DIV><DIV><A href="http://bostoncriticalmass.org/list">http://bostoncriticalmass.org/list</A></DIV><DIV>To unsubscribe email <A href="mailto:list-unsubscribe@bostoncriticalmass.org">list-unsubscribe@bostoncriticalmass.org</A></DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV>Boston Critical Mass mailing list</DIV><DIV><A href="mailto:list@bostoncriticalmass.org">list@bostoncriticalmass.org</A></DIV><DIV><A href="http://bostoncriticalmass.org/list">http://bostoncriticalmass.org/list</A></DIV><DIV>To unsubscribe email <A href="mailto:list-unsubscribe@bostoncriticalmass.org">list-unsubscribe@bostoncriticalmass.org</A></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>