Quote:
Originally Posted by Traditional_Ale
What is a critical-mass biker?
|
Sort of a reclaim the streets with the intention to draw attention towards cyclists rights and including them in infrastructure.
Which is all well and good.
Except they're full of basically what Peter described along with some hardcore radical environmentalists and the ones that I've met are often full of intention towards antagonizing the cops. The original idea was fine but their execution is brutal (probably IMO to being hijacked by troublemakers).
I was invited and went to one when I lived in the UK and it was basically people yelling self righteous abuse at motorists, deliberately cutting them off, going as slow as possible (alloted time for their cycle), stopping at green lights en mass so they could invite police arrest. Basically obstructing traffic.
I can see how the cops get pissed off with them as that (from my experience) is a lot of individuals intentions. Nonetheless, doesn't excuse the cop's behaviour.