[lbo-talk] The criminalization of the poor

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Aug 11 08:56:57 PDT 2011


On Aug 11, 2011, at 11:38 AM, Mark DeLucas wrote:


> You might wish to avoid bicycling too, unless you have the internal
> fortitude to stop and wait at every red light that you come to. Because I
> don't (and because as a bike messenger I was spending 9-10 hours per riding
> a bike), I received in 5 months 4 tickets, valued at $190 each -- a bit more
> than a week's wages.

Good. I'm tired of the way bicyclists ignore traffic laws. They're dangerous to pedestrians, drivers, and themselves. I've nearly been run over several times by jackasses on bikes running red lights going the wrong way on one-way streets.

Doug



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