[*BCM*] Single file law (was Horrifying editorial in the TAB)

[turtle]

The Bicyclists' Bill of Rights and Responsibilities, which would change
the single-file law to a somewhat less descrimintory "double-file" law,
is currently making it's way through Massachusetts legislature and needs
lots of support to push it through.  Check out
http://www.massbike.org/bikelaw/leg2003/ for more info, and then
contact your state senators and representatives and tell them to vote
for it!  Heck, you could even ask your legislator's to propose an
amendment to make the law non-descriminatory by taking out the
random-number-file law altogether.  (Think of China, and imagine a
utopian Boston, where everyone bicycles.  Then imagine them all trying
to ride single-file, or even double-file!)

-Turtle
Who's Streets?  Everyone's Streets!

Boston Critical Mass <list at bostoncriticalmass.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 00:01:15 -0500 "Ian" <criticalmass at ianw.org> writes:
> 
> > One more thing I found interesting about the law was this: "Operators
> of bicycles shall be subject to the following regulations: (1) The
> operator shall ride single file on any way except when passing."
> 
> -- If you have anyone there who can push a legislative agenda, you might
> want to include this.  In most other places, cyclists can ride abreast
> except where to do so will obstruct other traffic.
> 
> rawillis3 at juno.com
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