[*BCM*] Electro Bike....Re: Battered Biker Syndrome

[thom3 at aol.com]

 if critical mass refuses to be defined....


 

 

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On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 10:54 PM,  <thom3 at aol.com> wrote:

> That's an ongoing situ that will be well, ongoing, I keep trying to think of

> better ways to approach motorists on this...

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> BUT, BUT,did anyone read this

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> http://www.boston.com/business/technology/innoeco/2010/08/buzzing_around_boston_on_pietz.html

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> My immediate thoughts were, is it legal to bike on the sidewalk, let along

> ride a motorized vehicle on it? And a motorized vehicle on the esplanade?

> This all seems wrong.

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> -----Original Message-----

> From: Jym Dyer <jym at econet.org>

> To: Boston CM <list at bostoncriticalmass.org>

> Sent: Mon, Aug 9, 2010 4:21 pm

> Subject: [*BCM*] Battered Biker Syndrome

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> =v= In response to this _Globe_ article:

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> http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/brookline/2010/07/by_jonathan_simmons_guest_colu_2.html

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> Sean Roche wrote an astute "Battered Biker Syndrome" blog entry,

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> appended below.

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>     <_Jym_>

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> http://newtonstreets.blogspot.com/2010/08/battered-biker-syndrome.html

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> Battered Biker Syndrome

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>     by Sean Roche

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> Newton Streets and Sidewalks | Tuesday, 03-Aug-2010 at 6:08 AM

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> A driver chatting on a cellphone almost hit Jonathan Simmons,

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> the _Globe_'s On Biking columnist. When confronted, she told him

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> he had no business on the road. His response? He wrote a column

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> wondering how biker behavior has contributed to the "road rage"

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> and proposing a 10-point share-the-road pledge, six of which

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> points apply exclusively to bikes and one of which applies only

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> to pedestrians.

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> Let's break this down. Biker nearly gets killed. Biker promises

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> to make drivers less angry.

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> These are classic symptoms of someone in an abusive

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> relationship. You harm me or threaten to harm me. It must

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> be psomething I'm doing. I'll be a better person. Promise.

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> Suggesting that there is some causal relationship between

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> cyclists' behavior and the woman's potentially fatal actions

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> is just wrong. Let's be clear. There is absolutely no behavior

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> on the part of a cyclist that excuses or explains a motorist

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> putting a cyclist in jeopardy. There is nothing that cyclists do

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> that excuses or explains a motorist being ignorant of cyclists'

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> right to the road.

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> Nothing.

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> Certainly, there are cyclists out there doing things that are

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> wrong and things that are technically illegal. Let's identify

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> and address those behaviors. But let's not even suggest that

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> those behaviors somehow justify the anti-bicycle sentiment

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> that's demonstrably out there on the road. Especially -- and

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> this also reflective of abusive relationships -- because of the

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> inherent power differential in the motorist/biker relationship:

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> motorists' attitudes and behaviors can get a cyclist killed or

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> seriously injured.

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> Perhaps most importantly, it's foolish to think that drivers are

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> going to respect cyclists and give them plenty of safe cushion

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> if we could just convince those pesky two-wheeled scofflaws to

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> stop at red lights. Dangerous driving, road rage, and rampant

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> violations of the rules of the road pre-date the recent surge in

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> bicycling. Cyclists have just become another target for the bad

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> actors in our car-dominated culture.

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