In article <1992Apr6.032126.3…@uunet.uu.net!trintex> e…@uunet.uu.net!trintex (Unix Guru-in-Training) writes:
>When the cops showed up, they were loath to take
>her bike (they tried to make the ambulance driver take it). When she
>had recovered enough to pick her bike up from the precinct, the officer
>who returned it gave her a lecture — "You must be crazy to ride your
>bike in this neighborhood."
Does anybody else out there care for such a cop? I sure don’t!
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In article <#+t}9s…@twinsun.com> go…@twinsun.com (Jennifer Bing Zheng) writes:
>In article <1992Apr6.032126.3…@uunet.uu.net!trintex> e…@uunet.uu.net!trintex (Unix Guru-in-Training) writes:
>>When the cops showed up, they were loath to take
>>her bike (they tried to make the ambulance driver take it). When she
>>had recovered enough to pick her bike up from the precinct, the officer
>>who returned it gave her a lecture — "You must be crazy to ride your
>>bike in this neighborhood."
>Does anybody else out there care for such a cop? I sure don’t!
Many times cops will give you advice based on their experience, not on what
"you have a right to do" (eg, going into certain neighborhoods after dark,
riding your bike on certain streets, etc.) While I do not always welcome
such comments from cops, I do bear in mind that this is JUST GOOD ADVICE
and you need not necessarily heed it.
Mike
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In article <1992Apr6.032126.3…@uunet.uu.net!trintex>, e…@uunet.uu.net!trintex (Unix Guru-in-Training) writes:
> Just got this story from a lady who used to bike commute to her job
> in the South Bronx … [collision w/car deleted] … When she
> had recovered enough to pick her bike up from the precinct, the officer
> who returned it gave her a lecture — "You must be crazy to ride your
> bike in this neighborhood."
Given the South Bronx’s reputation as a hellhole I’m sure this opinion
had nothing to do with anti-cyclist sentiment. A cyclist is even more
more of crime target than a pedestrian since they’ve obviously got something
worth stealing. Even people in cars aren’t safe from muggers on foot.
Bonfire of the Vanities wasn’t entirely a work of fiction.
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In article <1992Apr09.232257.27…@r1info.intel.com>
jre…@sousa.intel.com writes:
>> When she
>> had recovered enough to pick her bike up from the precinct, the officer
>> who returned it gave her a lecture — "You must be crazy to ride your
>> bike in this neighborhood."
>Given the South Bronx’s reputation as a hellhole I’m sure this opinion
>had nothing to do with anti-cyclist sentiment. A cyclist is even more
>more of crime target than a pedestrian since they’ve obviously got something
>worth stealing. Even people in cars aren’t safe from muggers on foot.
>Bonfire of the Vanities wasn’t entirely a work of fiction.
Not true. First of all, "Bonfire of the Vanities" was a work of satire
that exaggerated many things in order to produce the effect the author
wanted to create in the reader. Don’t take it as gospel. And yes, this
does have to do with anti-cyclist sentiment — the cop returning the
bicycle was blaming the victim for the accident. If the neighborhood is
not safe to ride a bicycle in it’s because there are too many cops who
think like the one above.
As far as crime targets go, people who live in "hellhole" neighborhoods
are usually the biggest victims of crime there. Middle-class people usually
go to the cops when they’re mugged — when you’re poor or otherwise
estranged by society, you don’t go to the cops with your problems because
they’ll just treat you worse.
Finally, I’ve done lots of riding around the South Bronx, and never got
anything more than the occasional dirty look (which was made up for by
an order of magnitude more smiles). I think the rest of the net will
testify that crazy drivers know no boundaries…
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