Originally Posted by neasrhinolds
Not to beat a dead horse. But I saw the whole "Critial Smash" minivan scenario go down. The woman knew she hit the cyclist - she hit her brakes before she hit the gas. The cops on the scene wouldn't let the cyclist press "hit and run" charges unless he took an ambulance ride. He said "F-that, that's bullsh*t" and rode off. You can read my account here:
www.urbandelicious.com .
FYI - Matier and Ross are working on another 1 sided Critical Mass story about a limo driver.
There's a political slant to this whole thing: The decision on healthy Saturdays in GGP takes place April 9 which Matier opposes and is trying to
push anti-bike sentiment. Otherwise none of these stories would had even made the news.
I'm curious where this thing actually happened supposedly Post and Gough--can you verify this because I feel like CM got unfairly tagged with this even though it wasn't during the actual ride (?). I was at that ride and the ride went from Justin Herman Plaza up Market then south through the Mission out and around the southeastern part of the City then back along the water past the stadium to the plaza. Japantown is on the north side of Market unless my sense of geography is way off. Post and Gough is about 14 blocks up Gough from Market--Gough intersects Market at an acute angle--and runs north-ish to Post--the actual ride never traversed this intersection. I'm not saying there wasn't a band of riders heading up Gough but it wasn't part of the ride as such. Someone needs to submit a piece to a paper in the Bay Area clarifying this point to take the heat off of CM . . .this was about some aggro characters who had a run in with some hapless minivan driver.