[*BCM*] this guy...

[Mars]

I don't think he's generalizing too much. We all know that he's right. I 
highly doubt any biker has never gone through a red light, or zipped 
down a sidewalk. What he doesn't seem to mention is that almost every 
pedestrian is also either a cyclist or a motorist or both.

The very moment that car drivers stop running red lights, double 
parking, parking on the bike lane, speeding, switching lanes with 
signals, turning without signals, and polluting the air I breathe, I'll 
start using hand signals.

Lee Peters wrote:
> Bob likes to rant.  There are some gross generalizations there.  He has the 
> intention of teaching bikers a lesson through violence (by dooring).  CM has 
> the intention of teaching a lesson to drivers through non-violent traffic 
> jamming.
>
> So, how was Wallace killed at that intersection?  Will anybody ever know?
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Daniel Tepper" <engulfanddevour at gmail.com>
> To: <list at bostoncriticalmass.org>
> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 1:30 AM
> Subject: [*BCM*] this guy...
>
>
> Got this on myspace...
>
> (repost)
>
> I guess this was printed in the phoenix today:
>
> Two sides to every story
> Your in-memoriam piece on bicyclist Kelly Wallace said she was "hit by
> a car in a crosswalk." You didn't say whether she was obeying
> motor-vehicle laws at the time. That's key. Most bike riders in
> Boston, for example, run red lights. Did she?
>
> Many bikers ride against traffic, too, and in between rows of cars.
> They also whoosh by on sidewalks, treating people like inconvenient
> meat pylons on cement slalom courses. They're supposed to ride slowly,
> announcing their presence via bells, but few to none do. What do they
> care if mere pedestrians suddenly turn and get maimed by 200 pounds of
> rolling steel? Yet they expect the public to care about them. Perhaps
> they should stop caring so much about "global warming" and start being
> more courteous to their fellow humans.
>
> Unless and until cyclists start obeying current laws (for instance, by
> using reflectors and lights at night, and by discontinuing to ride
> without the use of hands) they shouldn't be surprised if "dooring"
> becomes a fine — and widely practiced — art. It's not enough to wear
> helmets; cyclists need to use what's inside those helmets, too.
>
> Robert A. Sides
> Brookline
>
>
> hey google! Thanks....
>
> Sides, Robert
>
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>
> Call this ding-dong.
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