Doesn't this seem to imply that there's some kind of leader to accept or reject a scooter or anything else? Because that runs entirely counter to everything CM stands for. <br><br>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 26/09/2007, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jeremy Chase</b> <<a href="mailto:jeremychase@gmail.com">jeremychase@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">I have to agree in that a scooter wouldn't be accepted at a CM event.<br>Any logical CMer knows that a scooter is a much better alternative to
<br>a car, but the far left are going to disagree with anything you do if<br>it isn't pedal power.<br><br>I believe scooters are a great alternative, but as a cyclist I don't<br>like them using the bike lanes. I do, however, like scooters far more
<br>than cars double parked in the bike lane, and I would much rather see<br>10 scooters roll by than 10 cars.<br><br>Jeremy<br><br><br>On 9/24/07, Zarkauskas, John A <<a href="mailto:JAZarkauskas@statestreet.com">JAZarkauskas@statestreet.com
</a>> wrote:<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> Primarily because the e-mails I have seen appear to be in favor of the<br>> exclusion of mopeds or scooters rather than suggesting that they could<br>> coexist with bikes….
<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> ________________________________<br>><br>><br>> From: <a href="mailto:bostoncriticalmass-bounces@bostoncriticalmass.org">bostoncriticalmass-bounces@bostoncriticalmass.org
</a><br>> [mailto:<a href="mailto:bostoncriticalmass-bounces@bostoncriticalmass.org">bostoncriticalmass-bounces@bostoncriticalmass.org</a>]<br>> On Behalf Of <a href="mailto:ThoM3@aol.com">ThoM3@aol.com</a><br>> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 3:42 PM
<br>> To: <a href="mailto:list@bostoncriticalmass.org">list@bostoncriticalmass.org</a><br>> Subject: Re: [*BCM*] Scooters in the bike lanes<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> and why do you think it would not be well recieved at Critical Mass?
<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> In a message dated 9/24/2007 3:39:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time,<br>> <a href="mailto:JAZarkauskas@StateStreet.com">JAZarkauskas@StateStreet.com
</a> writes:<br>><br>><br>> I feel that if we continue to seek more laws to protect us, we likely end up<br>> with more laws that will exclude us as well. Every day, law abiding, safe<br>> drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians have accidents with other law abiding,
<br>> safe drivers, cyclists and pedestrians. I'm sure we could reduce these<br>> accidents by introducing more laws to segregate us by modes of<br>> transportation and then by speed and then by size etc, etc….. but the
<br>> results may be less than desirable as bikes get relegated to bike paths and<br>> lanes and prohibited from everyplace else….<br>><br>><br>><br>> If I had a moped or scooter, I would like to think that I could ride it at a
<br>> Critical Mass event. I doubt that would be well-accepted but why not see it<br>> as an improvement over other modes of transportation as opposed to an<br>> affront to the bicyclist?<br>><br>><br>><br>
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