It’s not enough that cyclers are required to ride in special bike "The city of Cambridge and its bicycle committee this week will So far, this seems reasonable. Reminders are good, especially Starting tomorrow, bikers without the lights could be fined $20. If This is where they lose me entirely. If you already HAVE a from the Boston Globe<\/a>\n <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The People’s Republic of Cambridge has thoughtfully passed yet another law to protect us from ourselves, who, as any true progessive knows, are our own worst enemies. One of the first communities in the nation to pass a total ban … Continue reading ![\"bike](\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/biklite.jpg\")
The
\n People’s Republic of Cambridge has thoughtfully passed yet another law
\n to protect us from ourselves, who, as any true progessive knows, are
\n our own worst enemies. One of the first communities in the nation to
\n pass a total ban on all forms of tobacco smoking in any space open to
\n the public, indoors or out, and a providor of services ranging from a
\n safe haven for illegal immigrants to transgender bathrooms in public
\n buildings, Cambridge has now taken upon itself the protection
\n of bicyclists.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n lanes (failure to comply – $25 fine) and wear a helmet (failure to comply
\n – $50 fine), as of this week, all bike riders within the city limits
\n of Cambridge are required to have a strong forward-pointing light when
\n riding after dusk! Failure to comply – $20 fine. So if you were apprehended
\n sans helmet on the sidewalk in Cambridge after dark riding your Huffy Bananna-seat
\n Stingray to
\n the store on the corner, you would be liable for a whopping total of
\n $95 in fines! Wow, its cheaper to drive a car and pay the parking tickets!<\/em><\/p>\n
\n begin a worthy program to remind cyclists to carry a bright front light
\n on
\n their bikes. <\/p>\n
\n given the alarming number of absent minded-professors and other space
\n cases wandering the streets around here…<\/p>\n
\n you have a light and you’re stopped, you could receive a free
\n light to pass
\n on to your biking friends."<\/p>\n
\n light, then they give you another one? Wouldn’t it make more sense
\n to give the lights to the people who DON’T already have them? Well,
\n since
\n 02138 is suppodedly the brainiest zip in the land, they must know what
\n they’re doing….<\/em><\/p>\n