Motorist Violence at Berkeley Critical Mass (May 11, 2007)

The driver (drunk?) tried to run over cyclists. Assault with a deadly weapon!

If your dumb enough to try and block traffic with your bikes then you deserve to get run over. The bicyclists in this video are arrogant and whiny crybaby's who would be no great loss to this world.

Sadly, many motorists assume that bikes don't have the right to use our roads unless riding on the shoulder, or in the gutter. The truth is the opposite: bikes have the same right to use any lane of any road unless explicitly noted otherwise. They are to be treated no differently than slow motor vehicles would be under the law.

There is some debate as to the legality of this tactic. Some claim that this can be justified if the cyclists are viewed as a ``slow moving body'' or procession, just as it would be legal for the back end of a large truck to still be in the intersection when a light turned red, so long as the front end of the truck was already in the intersection before the light changed. In any case, the goal here is not to flout the law or recklessly endanger anyone.

At this point I support the efforts of critical mass protests after 25 years of being attacked by angry idiots. I drive too, sometimes and if I have to be patient for a couple of seconds because a cyclist is sharing the road, whats the big deal?

Hey Owen, bikers are legally limited to riding in the street... but, they are also meant to follow vehicle codes including stopping for red lights and resisting the urge to vandalize other vehicles. WOC has said that CM answers to a higher law, so I guess they get to do whatever they want. Other bicyclists are considered vehicles under code.

I don't remember a bicyclist TAX, did I miss something am I in violation of not paying taxes? Because I remember when I'm at the gas pump I pay a TAX to maintain the streets. That is so funny I have 2 bicycles and paid no taxes for street repair or maintenance I see how your non tax paying group works. I think I will start riding my bike to work.
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