Yesterday on my morning commute, I crossed this intersection (heading southwest, crossing West Lake Sammamish on the crosswalk):

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=4...06695&t=h&z=18

Just as the light indicated "walk", a car heading southeast on West Lake Sammamish Parkway pulled across the crosswalk and stopped, completely blocking the crosswalk. I think he was planning to turn right onto the Highway 520 entrance ramp, but he was held-up by traffic.

I rode slowly across and passed behind the car blocking the crosswalk. Just then, a man on a motorcycle stopped at the intersection yelled something to me. (He wasn't yelling *at* me, but he had to raise his voice above the traffic noise). The conversation went something like this:

Him: "Hey! Kick his windows in!"
Me: "No thanks, I'm not with Critical Mass."
Him: "Oh man, did you see that on TV the other day?"
Me: "Yea, I saw it."

In this one instance, it's clear that Critical Mass is getting a message out. I just don't think it's the right message.