[*BCM*] tunnel etc.

[Anne Wolfe]

Going through the tunnel is illegal unless you are an MBTA vehicle. So not 
just bikes are excluded, but ordinary traffic, whether bicycle, pedestrian, 
car or Segway.

On 31/08/05, Marq Maru <daiglodesign at hotmail.com> wrote: 
> 
> I don't understand why he doesn't think going through the tunnel is 
> illegal.
> If we are riding on the street, we are considered a legal vehicle. Bound 
> by
> all the constraints of a motorcycle, car, bus, etc.
> 
> When I ride the 30 minutes to work, my feet never touch the ground, once.
> If I were to get a ticket for the stopsigns and red lights I run, I would
> smile and pay it...because I knowingly broke the law. (What are they going
> to do, raise my insurance premiums?)
> 
> Now going throught the tunnel is a a different story. If the cops got
> organized to come down on CM, they would know that we were going to end up
> there at some point every month.
> 
> He says that the police have no right to arrest us (true), and that the 
> cops
> don't have the power to arrest us (false). That's just naive. Cops can
> take you downtown anytime they want (New York CM).
> 
> I don't know why he's showing so much conviction about it when he wrote in
> his first email that CM has no real mission or meaning.
> 
> Prognosis: Internet lurker that just likes to stir things up
> Diagnosis: Another filter on my spam blocker.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "turtle" <turtle at zworg.com>
> To: "Boston Critical Mass" <list at bostoncriticalmass.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 10:31 AM
> Subject: Re: [*BCM*] tunnel etc.
> 
> 
> > Boston Critical Mass <list at bostoncriticalmass.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> People aren't going to stop riding the tunnel, and why should we?
> >
> > Because its disrespectful? Because it gives bicyclists a bad
> > reputation? Because it might cause a crash?
> >
> > Those are my answers. I'm sure others may have other reasons for not
> > riding in a T tunnel.
> >
> > It sounds like you don't have a reason for not doing it. Well, then I
> > guess nothing I say is going to stop you. (The police, on the other
> > hand, may.)
> >
> > -Turtle
> >
> > -----------
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> > seek, but that it is a means by which we arrive at that goal. We must
> > pursue peaceful ends through peaceful means." - Martin Luther King Jr.
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