[*BCM*] Red-light runners crackdown...

[Matt Woolhouse]

There's always the option to j walk it across the street like a civilized human being. ;)

Wooli

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On Sep 20, 2011, at 6:30 PM, Hiroyuki G Yamada <hyamada at MIT.EDU> wrote:

> Wait, I'm confused... what's a situation where they wouldn't be allowed to respond to the "Am I free to go?" question with a "No, sorry, I'm writing you this ticket"...
> 
> 
> Just so we're clear, it IS illegal to run a red light on a bicycle, right? And if, having done so, a police officer pulls you over, you ARE being detained, right? Unless "being detained" is "more" than being held while the officer writes the traffic citation...?
> 
> The ID/Name thing I think is usually pretty standard for *all* police interaction, though, right? If they just pull you over to be a dick, and AREN'T writing a ticket, you usually don't have to tell them anything at all. It's not until they have a "reason" to do so -- speeding/red lights/sidewalk/etc that they can get positive ID (name, or license, etc). But yea, an actual instance of the MA/Cambridge/Boston code would be good to know/confirm that all...
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> On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 6:20 PM, Turil <thewiseturtle at gmail.com> wrote:
> I went to look for this and couldn't find it, except on Cambridge's
> website.  It wasn't in 85. 11b anymore.  So maybe they did take it
> out...
> 
> Can anyone confirm this either way with an actual chapter and section
> from the mass laws?
> 
> -Turil
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> Hiroyuki G. Yamada
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