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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'>For what it is
worth, I think you did the right thing as well. You’re guessing at a lot
of what went on, and who knows whom and what the background was. But the cops
took you seriously enough to turn up and talk to the kid, which is not
unimpressive when the only thing they’ve got to base the complaint on is “this
kid turned quickly and swore at me.” You say he did, the kid says he
didn’t, at that point without film, incident or injury I’m not
entirely sure what you expected the cops to do, but at the same time there’s
now something on file and if God forbid this kid gets a ticket, etc for
reckless driving at some point, the “I’ve never had a problem
before” plea of mitigation isn’t going to wash. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'>Besides, you
never know what might happen or who’s watching. I witnessed some shocking
driving by a <i><span style='font-style:italic'>driving instructor</span></i>
the other day on my drive home. In a fully marked up licensed car. I’m
sure he thought that since there wasn’t a passenger/learner driver in the
car, it didn’t matter.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'>Which is
probably why he didn’t pay attention when while waiting behind him at the
stoplight, what turned out to be legal counsel for his employer used her (meaning:
my) cell phone to record the time, place and his license plate details and then
came in Monday morning and made sure he lost his employment with us for gross
misconduct. It would have been easy to do nothing. But when you do nothing,
you become a part of the problem instead of part of the solution. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'>The cops may have
been limited in terms of what they could do, and it is always smart to be
friendly to the police (not acquiesce, just polite and friendly) if they’re
talking to you about any incident as antagonism doesn’t get you anywhere
helpful, which obviously this guy knew but it is on all the people concerned’s
radar now. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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bostoncriticalmass-bounces@bostoncriticalmass.org
[mailto:bostoncriticalmass-bounces@bostoncriticalmass.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Lee Peters<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 27 May 2008 14:21<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Boston
Critical Mass</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [*BCM*] UAV accosts
biker in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Brookline</st1:place></st1:City></span></font><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I think you did the right thing and appreciate your
doing so. You may have run into nepotism, but think of it in a different
way.... You may have witnessed 'community policing' where the cop allied
himself with the adults to unify their front to deal with the kid.</span></font><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>You put the bicyclists back on the radar screen....</span></font><span
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:#E4E4E4'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <a
href="mailto:bsharpe@redcoatpublishing.com"
title="bsharpe@redcoatpublishing.com">Basil Sharpe</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>To:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <a
href="mailto:list@bostoncriticalmass.org" title="list@bostoncriticalmass.org">Boston
Critical Mass</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></font></b><font
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008 9:04 AM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></font></b><font
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Re: [*BCM*] UAV accosts biker in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Brookline</st1:place></st1:City><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thanks E O for your
words.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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I’m still trying to figure out if I did the right thing last night.
I don’t think so. I was riding on a Sanders road in Medford
when an SUV came very quickly around the corner without any regard to if
someone might be there or not, swore at me to get the f out of his
way. I noticed he turned and parked on <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">Scott St</st1:address></st1:Street> just a block away so I called
Medford Police. A cruiser showed up. I watched the whole
thing as some guy came out shook the officers hand; obviously they were
buddies. Next the kid who was driving the SUV comes out and the officer has
some words with him. The kid has a sorta smirk on his face.
Turns out the kid was 17 years old and the officer said he spoke to the
kid and that these things work against the kid –whatever that
means. The thing is I got the distict feeling that this cop just
saw me as a nuisance and the Kid thought the whole thing was pretty
funny. Here’s a kid who has this attitude driving a brand new 200
plus horsepower tank and his parents and other adults see it as perfectly
fine. I think I may have just wasted my time by calling the
cops. The cop obviously know the adults in the house but told me
they were not the kids parents. The cop then said to me “well no
one was hurt”. As you say stay calm and the odds ARE stacked
against us. Awful but true. In retrospect, I should have just rode
on and ignored it. I will always do that now.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
bostoncriticalmass-bounces@bostoncriticalmass.org
[mailto:bostoncriticalmass-bounces@bostoncriticalmass.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>E O Altman<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Sunday, May 25, 2008 1:10 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> list@bostoncriticalmass.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [*BCM*] UAV accosts biker
in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Brookline</st1:City></st1:place></span></font><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Bookman Old Style"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style"'>I do
not condone bad or aggressive driving, by UAVs (urban assault vehicles) or
pedalcyclists.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Bookman Old Style"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style"'>When will we, as a
community of cyclists, get together on this?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style"'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Bookman Old Style"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style"'>It stands to reason that
every time a cyclist pulls a BS move in traffic or aggresses a vehicular driver
or a pedestrian that that cyclist is creating a wave of negativity that may
well take down another hapless, law-abiding, careful, courteous cyclist later
on.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Bookman Old Style"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style"'>I empathize with the
cyclist in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Brookline</st1:City></st1:place>.
There are plenty of drivers out there who navigate carelessly, even with
hostility in their hearts, around cyclists. Quell the urge to hit
back. Stay calm and be vigilant. The odds ARE stacked against us
cyclists in more ways than you may realize.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Bookman Old Style"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style"'>Some years ago I was
hit by a car. I was hurt pretty badly: coma, back and neck injuries,
wrecked bike and bike clothing (thousands of dollars). Even so, several
lawyers told me that it would not be worth my while to seek compensation for my
losses, that it would cost me thousands (investigative costs) on the front end,
to try to get damages from the offending driver. By the time a
trial could be scheduled, I would walk into the courtroom, tall, healthy-looking,
etc. (even though I still have to take pain-killers and have adjustments seven
years after the accident). The jury, most of whom would be licensed
drivers, would quite likely not see it my way. All the defense
needed was a single juror who had an issue with cyclists. Every day
drivers are put out by cyclists in this city. Ultimately, we lose; and,
when we do, we lose big time!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Bookman Old Style"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style"'>According to <st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font color="#292526"><span style='color:#292526'>National
Highway</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><font color="#292526"><span
style='color:#292526'> Traffic Safety Administration,</span></font><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color="#292526" face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
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<p><strong><b><font size=3 color="#292526" face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#292526'>In 2002, 662 pedalcyclists
were killed and an additional 48,000 were</span></font></b></strong><font
color="#292526"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#292526'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=3 color="#292526" face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#292526'>injured in traffic
crashes. </span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font size=5 color="#292526"
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#292526'>
[Forty-eight thousand!]</span></font></b></strong><font color="#292526"><span
lang=EN-US style='color:#292526'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color="#292526" face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#292526'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=3 color="#292526" face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#292526'>The number of pedalcyclist
fatalities in 2002 was 8 percent lower than the</span></font></b></strong><font
color="#292526"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#292526'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=3 color="#292526" face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#292526'>723 fatalities reported in
1992. The highest number of pedalcyclist fatalities</span></font></b></strong><font
color="#292526"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#292526'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=3 color="#292526" face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#292526'>ever recorded in the Fatality
Analysis Reporting System (<st1:place w:st="on">FARS</st1:place>) was 1,003</span></font></b></strong><font
color="#292526"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#292526'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=3 color="#292526" face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#292526'>in 1975.</span></font></b></strong><font
color="#292526"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#292526'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color="#292526" face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#292526'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color="#292526" face="Bookman Old Style"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style";color:#292526'>These
numbers are staggering. Even so, statistics seem to be improving for
pedalcyclists. There are many reasons for this, e.g.: there are more
pedalcyclists (when they get behind the wheel of a car they tend to empathize
with those who are biking and exercise greater care); cities are working to
improve bicycle safety with improved street designs and signs, safety awareness
programs and laws; there are more biking clubs, with ever increasing
memberships, dedicated to getting people out on bicycles and riding safely.</span></font><font
color="#292526"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#292526'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Bookman Old Style"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style"'>Critical Mass Boston
riders really need to re-evaluate why they come together to ride through <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Boston</st1:City></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Bookman Old Style"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style"'>The aggressors who
ride in Critical Mass think they are cool. They are not doing any of us
any favors. When the safe cyclist ignors the hooligan on a
bicycle, he is contributing to growing hostilities directed at
cyclists. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style"'>Thi year' May Day, I
rode (for 2 blocks, before I pulled up - I did not want to be part of the
negative energy being created) with the <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Boston
Critical Mass</st1:PersonName> Ride. My vocal requests for fairness, to
share the road, were met with sophomoric sneers. On their way to protest
the "unfair treatment of immigrants", to sing about peace and gentle
diplomacy, to celebrate the working man (and woman) who is the foundation of
America, the May Day Critical Mass cyclists went out to attack
Boston. Even though it was a small crowd of bikers, they still
managed to harass drivers, enter and block intersections when they did not have
the right of way, whoop and holler and disrupt the peace.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style"'>Do not get drawn into
the mob fray. Be a role model of safe, courteous, law-abiding
cycling. If you are going to ride in traffic, ride
accordingly: refrain from dawdling and disrupting the flow of traffic,
signal your intentions and move accordingly, obey traffic rules, yield to
pedestrians (do not weave through those walking when they have the right of way
and do not block crosswalks), smile, have fun and pay attention.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style"'>I know we can make <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Boston</st1:City></st1:place> a more
bike-friendly town. Every time a cyclist pulls a BS move in traffic or
aggresses a vehicular driver or a pedestrian we make our town less
friendly and our streets more dangerous for all. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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