[dc-critmass-list] Friday 's ride.

[michael turner]

It was a collision and an assault. I asked the rider if he wanted to  file an accident report. He checked his wheel and said no. I said we  should go. Should the rider have been encouraged to stay and file a  report, things might be different.
  -Mike Turner
  
   

Greg Curran <highkraeusen at hotmail.com> wrote:  
i fear for the next riders SUV driver may encounter. in a perfect world HE 
would've needed a lawyer after that incident.




>From: "Brian Suojanen" 
>To: "michael turner" 
>CC: dc-critmass-list at lists.mutualaid.org
>Subject: Re: [dc-critmass-list] Friday 's ride.
>Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 18:01:25 -0400
>
>It was a 4-way intersection and an SUV drove at the mass aggressively from
>the left. A few of us up front turned towards oncoming traffic to block. I
>was facing a Toyota Corolla, my neighbor a Lexus SUV. The driver of the
>Lexus *did* stop right in front of the rider and honked. Then he slowly
>drove forward (to my horror) up onto the front wheel of the bike, put his
>vehicle in park or neutral, and got out and pushed the rider (but not 
>down).
>
>
>It was a dark colored (maybe maroon'ish) luxury (maybe Lexus) SUV with
>vanity VA tags. I recall the tag read something like "DRTMTH"; the driver
>perhaps went to Dartmouth college. I believe he said, among many things, he
>was a lawyer. Life is funny like that.
>
>The cyclist did the right thing by not retaliating. He just stood their
>patiently waiting for the driver to back up off his bike. Of course others
>were a little bit more ruckus, but not the cyclist who was struck.
>
>That's my story from 3 feet away.
>
>
>
>On 9/9/07, michael turner  wrote:
> >
> > There was a lot of good in the ride! The turn-out (au students coming
> > back?), the love from the motorists, the big-ass flag flying high behind 
>the
> > bumble-bee rider and the other flags, the boomboxes in the front and 
>back,
> > the mom-dad-baby family riders.
> >
> > I hope people can talk about the ill motorist who drove onto a rider's
> > tire, demanded rider ride away, then got out and pushed him before 2 SS
> > (secret service) riders joined the scene to harrass another rider in a
> > ridiculous childlike manner.
> >
> > I heard that the Mass was a bit divided when the motorist rammed the
> > rider. True? It's not what I recall, but I was about butt last then and
> > didn't see the actual collision, just the aftermath.
> >
> > What could we do to make the scene more in our favor?
> >
> >
> > I think:
> > A pre-ride address for anyone to voice how we should ride,  to encourage
> > sticking together, and to draw up a route does a lot of good.
> >
> > It's good that a few stuck with the trapped rider while the mass
> > continued.
> >
> > Crook officers coming around like the SS rider can be identified by a
> > badge. As some others reminded us later that night, we should be 
>recording
> > the badge number, name, and even take a camera-phone portrait of their 
>mug
> > to have all the information needed to file a complaint, even if at that
> > moment no one says they want to file a complaint.
> >
> > What up with moving Mass to the last Friday (like most of the world) in
> > the future and promoting the hell out of it so everyone knows? Any wrong
> > still seen in that?
> > -Mike Turner
> >
> > *Miíelis Munters < mmunters at gmail.com>* wrote:
> >
> > Good morning!
> >
> > I just wanted to thank e'eryone for such a fun time on Friday night. It
> > was my first mass in the district, and it was really a blast. Everyone 
>was
> > so nice, and the after-party was really a good time too! Thanks for the
> > hospitality and very welcoming attitude, not to mention the beautiful
> > scenery. I hope to see just as many riders, and make just as many new
> > friends next time. Have a good week!
> >
> > mmunters
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> > Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green 
>Center.
> >
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