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On 17 Nov 1997 02:55:41 GMT, ag414@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Colin R.
Leech) wrote:

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>Reposted from the transp-l mailing list:
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>(SCElectroN@aol.com) forwarded:
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>> Date:   Fri, Nov 14, 1997 7:00 AM PDT
>> Subj:    City Cracks Down on Bike Couriers
>> 
>>       By PAISLEY DODDS
>>       BOSTON (AP) - Marilyn Green considered herself a street-savvy
>> pedestrian until she was clipped by a bicycle messenger racing the
>> clock.
>>       ``I was on the sidewalk and - bam - this guy pushes me out of
>> the way,'' said Green, a 47-year-old telephone service worker.

Some years ago, I saw an old woman who was getting on a bus at a bus
stop knocked down by a bike messenger. This was, for those who care,
on the San Francisco 19 at the stop by what was then the main library
at Larkin and McAllister. The bike messenger was passing TO THE RIGHT
OF THE BUS AT A BUS STOP.

Of course, the bike messenger was rather lucky to be cited by the cops
rather than being carted away in the Medical Examiner's meat wagon.
The problem is basically one of paying a person on a piecework basis
so that they can only make a living wage if they navigate in violation
of all laws and safety considerations. The couriers' employers will,
undoubtedly, blame their customers for wanting cheap prices. However,
this is clearly a case where the state needs to regulate the
price-wage package in the name of public safety.


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