[IP] more on Bicyclist Harassment

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

Delivered-To: dfarber+@ux13.sp.cs.cmu.edu
Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2003 12:29:35 -0800
From: Anthony Watson <atrigueiro@yahoo.com>
Subject: Bicyclist Harassment
X-Sender: antwa@mail.dollarsandsense.com
To: lisacdollinger@clearchannel.com
Cc: dave@farber.net, leep@benetechinc.com

Dear Clear Channel:

     I have been  a bicycle commuter for most of my adult life.  Allegedly 
i am a vehicle and allowed a complete lane in traffic, however in practice 
this is not wise.  Instead I am forced into the gutter because few 
motorists know the law and if they do, they do not respect it.  Even when I 
try to avoid traffic by riding in the gutter, I am still harassed by 
insults, debris even human saliva spewed from passing vehicles.  More than 
once I have been grateful that I was not carrying a loaded weapon, because 
my emotions can boil over and my adherence to pacifism lost in the anger 
caused by being pelted be garbage or yelled at.  Any bicyclist will tell 
you that this is a horrible problem.  Not only do these DJs deserve to lose 
their jobs, I feel that they need to be prosecuted to the full extent of 
the law, even if that only be "malicious mischief".


Thank you,

Anthony Watson
Dollars and Sense Professional Services
(714) 307-2526
www.dollarsandsense.com

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From 
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=9&u=/ap/20031101/ap_on_en_ot/radio_stations_bicyclists

Bicyclists Accuse DJs of Inciting Attacks
"Bicyclists are demanding that the nation's largest radio group be punished 
because disc jockeys at three stations made on-air comments they say 
encouraged drivers to throw bottles at bike riders or hit them with open 
car doors.

"They say the morning show hosts at Clear Channel Communications stations 
in Cleveland, Houston and Raleigh, N.C., also suggested motorists blast 
horns at cyclists, and speed past them and slam on their brakes in front of 
them."


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