Originally Posted by
NYCJohn170
Hard to say how to play this. I've been popped twice, once at a "Critical Mass" demonstration and once for lifting my bike up to throw it though a Taxi windshield (he'd knocked me down in a game they sometimes play). Both times I went to court. The "Aggression" charge or whatever, I got 6 months Probation. The Advocate and the Judge just arranged it. Stay cool for 6 months and it's expunged. Get popped again and you get tried for it. The other one simply got dismissed. Officer said "I can't find my notes".
It's my experience that drivers treat you like you treat them - ride aggressively, and you get aggression back. There is a big difference between being aggressive and being assertive. Heck, I've had taxi drivers slow down and drive in front of me so I could draft them.
Never ridden in New York, just cities in UK, France, Germany and Australia, so what do I know?