The point is, you're busted, not someone else. And if you want to go after dbl parked cars, mount a statement in general, or specific (plates), to the Cambridge PD. <br>
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From: Mars <martian@MIT.EDU><br>
To: Boston Critical Mass <list@bostoncriticalmass.org><br>
Sent: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 10:59 am<br>
Subject: Re: [*BCM*] Just got "pulled over" for running a red on Mass. Ave.<br>
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<div id=AOLMsgPart_3_379f8112-4f20-4b2b-8b26-8e8c7fc9eef6><A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated href="mailto:thom3@aol.com">thom3@aol.com</A> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid:8CA4DB99559491C-930-3B1F@webmail-ne12.sysops.aol.com type="cite"><WBR>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>
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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." <br>
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</BLOCKQUOTE>Who said they were trying to avoid a ticket by mentioning any of this to the officer?<br>
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