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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'>I don’t
know, but I’m willing to bet that a motor vehicle running a red light
carries a more expensive penalty than a bike running a red light. This would
help address the greater risk (though those of us pedestrians who have been hit
by moving bikes who were running red lights or in my case riding the wrong way
down a one way street won’t necessarily admit that a bike at speed does
no damage if it hits something.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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[mailto:bostoncriticalmass-bounces@bostoncriticalmass.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>thom3@aol.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 06 March 2008 15:55<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> list@bostoncriticalmass.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [*BCM*] Just got
"pulled over" for running a red on <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">Mass. Ave.</st1:address></st1:Street></span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I disagree, you get
busted, you're busted. No dbl parked car is going to save your butt. That said,
by nature, a motor vehicle infraction is more dangerous to general safety of
the public and the dbl parked cars in Central Sq, lethal to bikers. <br>
<br>
That said, if you are REALLY fed up about the dbl parked cars--and the
Cambridge Bike Committee has some conversations about this--you should mount a
complaint with the Cambridge PD. That would be a good use of "critical
mass." <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Rob Arnold <rsarnold@gmail.com><br>
To: Boston Critical Mass <list@bostoncriticalmass.org><br>
Sent: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 10:44 am<br>
Subject: Re: [*BCM*] Just got "pulled over" for running a red on <st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Mass. Ave.</st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>To be fair, I have seen
them set up traps for cars running red lights too. Though I've never seen
anybody get ticketed for double-parking in the bike lane.<br>
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Thom, it's not about two wrongs making a right. It's about consistent
enforcement. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Ari Pollak <<a
href="mailto:ajp@aripollak.com">ajp@aripollak.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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