[dc-critmass-list] Video and DC Indymedia coverage of Friday Sep 30 ride

[Luke Kuhn]

There was no easy way to screen every incident of PEDESTRIANS being cut off out of the video, if people want to do that they will have to screen cutting off pedestrians out of the ride, a good idea but I don't know how you would do that in the Critical Mass environment.

From: stinson.jt at gmail.com
Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2011 18:59:28 -0700
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Subject: Re: [dc-critmass-list] Video and DC Indymedia coverage of Friday Sep 30 ride






Perhaps, but that video showed a lot of crass interactions between pedestrians and cyclists as well. I subscribe to this listserv because I believe in bikes, but I stopped going to these because I feel guilty running over pedestrians to keep up with the crowd. I would love to see the community maintain its anti SUV mentality while also respecting road users who happen to be lower on the food chain. Just my two cents; the video itself was rad.


From: Luke Kuhn
Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2011 8:56 PM

To: mb at blacknell.net; armtherhythmic at yahoo.com; dc-critmass-list at lists.mutualaid.org

Subject: Re: [dc-critmass-list] Video and DC Indymedia coverage of Friday Sep 30 ride







This is NOT Critical manners,this is Critical Mass. For 30 days out of the month, bullies in SUV's push us off the road, on the last Friday we take it back. I have ridden with Critical Mass DC since it's current incarnation began in 2002, and we've never had anyone seriously hurt that I can recall. We HAVE had a couple bikes deliberately rammed by SUV drivers (this is an SUV thing, small car drivers rarely act like that) over the years, and caught one drunk driver (cops were more interested in his beery breath than his broken window), but that's about it.

I did miss the mid 1990's rides that used to go to Beach Drive, something I would love to see happen again, given efforts over the years, even by the Park Service as well as so many others, to make the weekend car-free zones there permanent.



Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2011 18:01:59 -0400
Subject: Re: [dc-critmass-list] Video and DC Indymedia coverage of Friday Sep 30 ride
From: mb at blacknell.net

To: lukekuhn at hotmail.com; armtherhythmic at yahoo.com; dc-critmass-list at lists.mutualaid.org




How very democratic of you, Luke.
Question to everyone else: am I correct in looking at this footage and understanding that the DC Critical Mass ride still makes no effort at all to comply with the law, or ride safely?  I know a load of people who'd like to support the general Critical Mass aims, but aren't interested in blowing lights and swarming cars every chance they get.

On 10/2/11 5:54 PM, "Luke Kuhn" <lukekuhn at hotmail.com> wrote:

 		 	   		  


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