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I participated in London, and saw mostly the opposite. Most of the ride was well-behaved and didn't hold people up much, and there were drivers constantly behav
by frereubu 5y ago
I participated in London, and saw mostly the opposite. Most of the ride was well-behaved and didn't hold people up much, and there were drivers constantly behaving in really dangerous ways, like trying to drive into the mass. Like you and someone else who replied to you, I was uncomfortable with the deliberate blocking of intersections, but "participants should be arrested and charged" is way over the top for what used to happen in London - perhaps SF had a different vibe.
- ardit33 5y agoYeah, it started devolving into vandalism / hatred towards cars: Critical Mass cyclist attacks car with U-lock in San Francisco https://www.kron4.com/news/critical-mass-cyclist-attacks-car-with-u-lock-in-san-francisco/ https://www.kron4.com/news/critical-mass-cyclist-attacks-car... Minivan's rude introduction to Critical Smash https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/Minivan-s-rude-introduction-to-Critical-Smash-2566505.php https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/Minivan-s... A Toyota mini van sits in a repair shop in Mountain View with a broken back window and numerous scratches to the body. The van was attacked by critical mass riders last friday. At the time of the attack a woman and five kids were in the car.
- lostdog 5y agoYou found one event from 2007 where the driver didn't exercise control of their vehicle "According to police, Ferrando had allegedly tapped one of the cyclists' tires." And one from 2015 where the driver endangered the cyclists "then a driver of a Zipcar moves toward the cyclists."