New York has declared war on bicyclists. Last week, participants in the monthly "Critical Mass" ride were dragged from their bikes and arrested, their wheels confiscated (this amid a climate where city lawmakers are proposing to ban "unlicensed" cyclists). The riders who were taken in had been riding in the bicycle lane and not interfering with traffic. Civil rights lawyers got the episode on video and the whole mess will surely end up in court.
"Because of the cold, there weren't that many riders, so the Mass was not quite critical enough. With absolutely no blocking of any traffic the mass took off from Union Square. I made it about 4 blocks before I was swarmed by cops on scooters who grabbed me off my bike and put me in handcuffs. Let me make one point particularly clear: I WAS RIDING IN THE BIKE LANE at the time of my arrest. The mass was small so we it wasn't taking up the whole road and everyone was riding off to the side. Not that it mattered. A small woman who was riding behind me was forcibly pulled from her bike and thrown to the ground with a knee in the back of her neck. "
I WAS RIDING IN THE BIKE LANE at the time of my arrest.
I'd have put the emphasis on "at the time of my arrest". Wonder what the guy was doing before he went into the cycle lane?
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wasn't taking up the whole road and everyone was riding off to the side. Not that it mattered.
He means "Not that it matters as I was arrested for something else".
I wonder what really happened?
Yeah, be an interesting follow-up to see what they were charged with when they were arrested. 'Being in charge of a bicycle, m'lud'
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New York has declared war on bicyclists. Last week, participants in the monthly "Critical Mass" ride were dragged from their bikes and arrested, their wheels confiscated (this amid a climate where city lawmakers are proposing to ban "unlicensed" cyclists). The riders who were taken in had been riding in the bicycle lane and not interfering with traffic. Civil rights lawyers got the episode on video and the whole mess will surely end up in court.
"Because of the cold, there weren't that many riders, so the Mass was not quite critical enough. With absolutely no blocking of any traffic the mass took off from Union Square. I made it about 4 blocks before I was swarmed by cops on scooters who grabbed me off my bike and put me in handcuffs. Let me make one point particularly clear: I WAS RIDING IN THE BIKE LANE at the time of my arrest. The mass was small so we it wasn't taking up the whole road and everyone was riding off to the side. Not that it mattered. A small woman who was riding behind me was forcibly pulled from her bike and thrown to the ground with a knee in the back of her neck. "
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Doesn't surprise me. NYC is an awful place. Been there three times and hated it each time, and it's nothing to do with cycling; for me it just epitomises everything we've [censored] up in the world.
Doesn't surprise me. NYC is an awful place. Been there three times and hated it each time, and it's nothing to do with cycling; for me it just epitomises everything we've [censored] up in the world.
/Some/ people apparently like it. TWFKAML is going there for a week shortly. For pleasure!
Personally I'd rather have a couple of teeth extracted, and I've never even seriously believed that the place exists...
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Doesn't surprise me. NYC is an awful place. Been there three times and hated it each time, and it's nothing to do with cycling; for me it just epitomises everything we've [censored] up in the world.
Rather like it myself. I wouldn't rate it as a particularly good place to cycle though.
Doesn't surprise me. NYC is an awful place. Been there three times and hated it each time, and it's nothing to do with cycling; for me it just epitomises everything we've [censored] up in the world.
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Yeah, be an interesting follow-up to see what they were charged with when they were arrested. 'Being in charge of a bicycle, m'lud'
Hmm... not sure they say "m'lud" there - don't they say "yer onnerrrr" whilst glancing at the camera to make sure it's getting their good side...
LOL
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Doesn't surprise me. NYC is an awful place. Been there three times and hated it each time, and it's nothing to do with cycling; for me it just epitomises everything we've [censored] up in the world.
to which Simon Brooke boggled:
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<boggle> you mean worse than London? </boggle>
When my Dad went there in 1979 he came back and said that it was just like London, only bigger and dirtier. Other people who have been there more recently have told me that this sums it up nicely.
As a result, I have never had any desire to visit the place.
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Doesn't surprise me. NYC is an awful place. Been there three times and hated it each time, and it's nothing to do with cycling; for me it just epitomises everything we've [censored] up in the world.
to which Simon Brooke boggled:
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<boggle> you mean worse than London? </boggle>
When my Dad went there in 1979 he came back and said that it was just like London, only bigger and dirtier. Other people who have been there more recently have told me that this sums it up nicely.
As a result, I have never had any desire to visit the place.
"For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much - the wheel, New York, wars and so on - while all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time"
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On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 11:13:32 +0000, Marc Brett <[email hidden]> wrote:
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety"
Benjamin Franklin
I like your above quote. I think I'll send it to the Home Secretary.
I wouldn't. It'll mark you as a subversive and the next thing you know you'll be in Belmarsh, married to the person with the most cigarettes.
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Simon Brooke <[email hidden]> whizzed past me shouting
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in message <[email hidden]>, Succorso
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Doesn't surprise me. NYC is an awful place. Been there three times and hated it each time, and it's nothing to do with cycling; for me it just epitomises everything we've [censored] up in the world.
<boggle> you mean worse than London? </boggle>
Much. It does have its moments, but it's certainly worse than London.
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