Quote Originally Posted by shootingstar View Post
Right now the local press is overblowing the Critical Mass Ride that happens locally once each month. It's been going on for years but gotten bigger. There was an incident where there was cyclist that got into a physical confrontation with driver (?).

http://communities.canada.com/vancou...ting-quot.aspx

At least the article you linked to is far from "overblowing" it. I thought it was a fair article that tried to describe the what, why, and opinions of both sides without getting caught up in all the drama.

I've not seen or participated in a Critical Mass ride. From what I have seen/heard/know of these events, their aftermath, and their consequences I will NEVER align myself with one (lived in a suburb of SanFran for 2 years, that was enough!).

I fall on the side of thinking that they are extremely counterproductive. Especially when strings of thousands of people on bikes block entire roadways and disobey any and every traffic ordinance/signal they can manage, typically during the height of rush hour.

I'd love to see cops pull over the whole lot of them and write each 5 or 6 tickets. Bikes have to follow the rules of the road too. I guess I can dream...

Now, if they broke into groups of manageable size for the routes, rode single file, and obeyed traffic law it would be a whole different story from me.