Oddly enough, I talked with a messenger about CM the afternoon of CM. He said that DC messengers have been avoiding CM for the past several years because they have "certain privileges," with the cops, basically allowing them to do whatever crazy riding they need to in order to make deliveries. Sounds like most messengers don't want to endanger that by participating in something that can be as confrontational as it was on Friday night.

And not to be pessimistic, but part of the allure of CM for some people seems to be the idea that we ride without rules; when we try to manage, those people seem to think we're jerks.