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While I agree with you, Jim, that there may not have been an actual
legal case behind the police's stop (and possible arrest? I don't know,
I didn't find the mass until it passed through kenmore headed east),
the legality of an action and whether or not it is a good idea are
generally unrelated. (And if they are correlated, it still does not
imply causation by one or the other)<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.car-accidents.com/2007-auto-crash-story/4-21-07-motor.html">http://www.car-accidents.com/2007-auto-crash-story/4-21-07-motor.html</a><br>
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As a student at MIT, that alone is pretty upsetting -- and although it
may not be entirely related to bicycles or critical mass, it still
shows that Storrow Drive is not exactly a safe-haven for vehicles. And,
like I said -- I wasn't there tonight, but I have made the mistake of
pulling onto storrow (a ways back when I was new to Boston area roads)
on a bike and woefully regretted it. It's a very fast, very traffic-y
road. Neither of those factors make for a GOOD biking experience, and
combined I would have to say that they make a terrible one. (Same is
true of McGrath Highway -- I think that's what it is called -- over in
Somerville, maybe Rt 28? Very fast, badly lit, and full of traffic...
Made the mistake of getting onto that a couple times too)<br>
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That said, the rest of the ride tonight was pretty fun. It took me a
while to track you all down, and involved a lot of tooling through
chinatown and I think at least one full circle of the common, but we
eventually found you. I brought two CM virgins along with me and both
said they had a great time. Thanks to all that came out and made it fun!<br>
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--Yuki<br>
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<pre wrap="">Riding on Storrow Drive at night was a bozo move. Frankly, I'm
surprised the cops didn't do more than stop a few folks. What kind of
solidarity would you have liked? Should the entire mass have stopped
in the middle of Storrow and yelled at the cop? We're not talking
about a human rights march here -- the idiots at the front of the mass
decided to risk endangering the rest of the riders, and if they get
tickets as a consequence, too bad.
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Except that (assuming I'm not mistaken in my history, please correct me if I'm wrong) courts have already agreed that bicycles are allowed on Storrow. Unless there's some other reason why you say it's a bozo move.
--jim
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On Oct 31, 2008, at 22:59 , jennifer thomson wrote:
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<pre wrap="">hey all,
just wanted to say that tonight's ride was awesome. especially
riding on storrow!
however, it wasn't ok that the ride abandoned the people who got
stopped by the cop on storrow. we need a lot more solidarity in
situations like these.
jennifer
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