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Re: critical mass bike ride
Yes, I beleive there is some similar connection. I cannot speak to the claim of lawless disrespect. I have never been in a critical mass, (I was unable to attend Friday's and I don't believe there were enough cyclcists to reach CM) but my understanding is that the mass cannot split to stop for traffic lights that change while the mass is passing, because that would break the mass.
I think the defiant statement is not so much that YOU should be pedalling instead of driving, but that pedaling is a worthy mode deserving of respect and accomodation. You know the environmental and economic reasons. It makes no logical sense that bicycling should be so marginalized, and frankly we're mad as hell. Motorists need to be reminded how stupid and destructive their habit can sometimes be.
dave Peckham
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On Fri, 30 Oct 1998 10:07:43 Scott Dredge wrote:
>Is this one of the critical mass bike rides, a la the one in San Francisco
>that coincidently takes place on the last Friday of every month, designed
>to disrupt motocentric traffic in a defiant statement that the public
>should (according to the critical massers) be riding bikes instead of
>driving motor driven vehicles? The clear message I receive from the S.F.
>movement is that bicycle riders pay no attention to traffic laws put in
>place to ensure safe and efficent transit and they have no respect for
>other drivers sharing the roads.
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>-SD
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>At 11:58 PM 10/29/98 -0700, david peckham wrote:
>>Friday, 3 pm Moscow food Co-op, is the starting point for Moscow's first
>Critical Mass ride. The ride is designed to celebrate bicycle
>transportation, and to point out to the motocentric masses that bikes
>belong. See you there with your bike at 3 pm sharp.
>>dave peckham
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