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From: AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org>
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Subject: Re: New York's Crackdown on Ebikes
Date: Mon, 26 May 2025 07:45:00 -0500
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On 5/26/2025 7:43 AM, AMuzi wrote:
> On 5/26/2025 5:42 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
>> On 26 May 2025 10:14:13 GMT, Roger Merriman 
>> <roger@sarlet.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 25 May 2025 21:36:00 -0400, Frank Krygowski
>>>> <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> New York Times article on police cracking down on ebike 
>>>>> traffic
>>>>> violations. Let's see if this will get people past the 
>>>>> paywall:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/nyregion/ebikes- 
>>>>> scooters-cyclists-nyc.html? 
>>>>> unlocked_article_code=1.KE8.voH2.AOcHv0jrnp79&smid=url- 
>>>>> share
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ?This is a direct attack on immigrant workers,? Ms. 
>>>> Guallpa said. ?The
>>>> intent is to criminalize workers and to create a 
>>>> situation where our
>>>> communities could be targets for deportation.?
>>>>
>>>> Typical NYT woke nonsense...
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> C'est bon
>>>> Soloman
>>>>
>>>
>>> I guess is the argument that it’s disproportionate? 
>>> Sounds from the article
>>> (though could be incorrect) that traffic volitions are 
>>> linked to the
>>> driving License more in the US?
>>>
>>> In uk it’s not so all forms are broadly under same 
>>> regulations, are clearly
>>> exemptions such as speed limits which where introduced 
>>> for motor vehicles
>>> only.
>>>
>>> Aka the law is limited rather than broad in scope.
>>>
>>> Roger Merriman
>>
>> The fact that the NYT published that kind of garbage is 
>> why I wouldn't
>> subscribe if it were free. I'm sure they do it to appease 
>> their wokie
>> readers.
>>
>> -- 
>> C'est bon
>> Soloman
> 
> My Saturday paper was digested by the USPS system. I spent 
> an hour driving around for a paper, to no avail. Since 
> girlfriend was waiting for me to make dinner, I gave up and 
> bought a Times, impulsively.  Utter waste of money, paper 
> and my time to read it. Blecchhhhhh.
> 


p.s.
NYT does have a crossword as good as any. So there's that.

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Andrew Muzi
am@yellowjersey.org
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