1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:05,960 Speaker 1: It's Night's Size with Dan Ray, ongoing Mazy Boston's news radio. 2 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:08,200 Speaker 2: Here it is night Side with Dan Ray. I'm Bradley 3 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:10,520 Speaker 2: J for Dan. How are you? I am well? Thank you? 4 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:15,880 Speaker 2: How many of you have seen motor scooter operators openly 5 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:19,440 Speaker 2: and brazenly break traffic laws knowing that they will never 6 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:22,640 Speaker 2: be gone? If we've all seen it, and it's making 7 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:25,759 Speaker 2: me crazy, and it's not just irritating. It is deadly. 8 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:29,720 Speaker 2: It is dangerous, and I'll get into some some specifics 9 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 2: about how deadly and dangerous, but first I want you 10 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 2: to share your story of what you've seen on the 11 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:42,040 Speaker 2: roadways and in the bike lanes six, one, seven, two thirty. 12 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:45,479 Speaker 2: How have you seen motor scooters? And we'll start with 13 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:48,040 Speaker 2: this motor scooters, but we'll get to e bikes, some 14 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:51,160 Speaker 2: of which go to fifty miles per hour, and even 15 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 2: e scooters which can get from zero to thirty and 16 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:57,440 Speaker 2: three point three seconds that we see on the sidewalks. 17 00:00:57,480 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 2: We'll get to all that. By now I want you 18 00:00:59,920 --> 00:01:02,640 Speaker 2: to share your story, or if you don't have a story, 19 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:06,960 Speaker 2: give me a reading from one to ten, ten being 20 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:09,840 Speaker 2: the most irritated. How upset does this make you to 21 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 2: see a double standard in the application of laws, double 22 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:16,720 Speaker 2: standard and traffic laws. I'll share with you some of 23 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:22,440 Speaker 2: the things I've seen, and again the number six one, seven, two, five, four, 24 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:25,280 Speaker 2: ten thirty, so you can share what you've see and 25 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:28,440 Speaker 2: how you feel about it. All right, let's start at 26 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 2: Park Street, corner of Park Street and well right there 27 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:38,960 Speaker 2: by the church, right there by the T the Park 28 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:42,119 Speaker 2: Street T station. So I'm crossing Tramont. That's it. I'm 29 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:45,760 Speaker 2: crossing Tremon. I'm waiting to cross Tremont from the church 30 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 2: side to the other side. And I see that there's 31 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:54,000 Speaker 2: a red light, traffic stopped, and I see weaving its 32 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 2: way through the traffic, through the stopped traffic, a motor 33 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 2: scooter and then once it gets to the front below 34 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 2: through the red light, knowing they will never be caught. 35 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 2: You in your car, you sit there, obeying the rules, 36 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:15,639 Speaker 2: and you see this, doesn't it just make you crazy? 37 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:19,679 Speaker 2: Not only the danger it poses to you. If you 38 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:23,520 Speaker 2: hit one of these folks, you'll be in trouble one 39 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:26,919 Speaker 2: way or the other. You'll probably probably have some form 40 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 2: of PTSD. You could cause you financial ruin. What have 41 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 2: you seen? Six one, seven, two, five, four, ten three 42 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 2: Let's go to the next irritating thing that I saw 43 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 2: last night. And I actually have it on video because 44 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:44,880 Speaker 2: I keep my camera out all the time now and 45 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 2: I have videos of these things. This was in an 46 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 2: area called Gateway East in Brookline. Do you know where 47 00:02:53,520 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 2: that is? They recently redid it. It goes where Netta is, 48 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:03,680 Speaker 2: the place that was a bank and now it's a 49 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 2: weed store, and there's a children the Children's hospital there 50 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 2: and the Brookhouse right along in there. I was getting 51 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:15,400 Speaker 2: some takeout from Oh Maury, the Japanese restaurant up in 52 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 2: the village, Brookland Village, and I'm walking back down towards 53 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:26,399 Speaker 2: Route nine and I see a car stopped at a light, 54 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 2: and without even slowing down, a motor scooter that wanted 55 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 2: to go down Route nine but there was a light, 56 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 2: went left up Washington Street through that light and then 57 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 2: did a U turn on Washington Street and then went 58 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 2: back down and continued down Route nine. Didn't want to wait, 59 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 2: knowing nothing will happen because cities and towns don't have 60 00:03:56,040 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 2: the will to do anything about it. We'll go to 61 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 2: let's go to Brian and Peabody. Thanks for giving us 62 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 2: this is that's because if this mouse here works, Brian, 63 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 2: how are you? What have you seen? 64 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 3: Good Brad? The good hey yeah right here in Peabty. Oh. 65 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 3: In fact, I also wanted to mention re memory fore 66 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:17,280 Speaker 3: the DCN days, lots of good times, thank you for 67 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:17,600 Speaker 3: all that. 68 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:20,920 Speaker 2: Yes they were very good dance thanks. 69 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 3: And in PBDY I just wanted to mention that, yeah, 70 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:28,280 Speaker 3: the scooters, the e bikes. My daughter was getting out 71 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:31,039 Speaker 3: of the car passenger side, stepping onto the sidewalk e 72 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 3: byke twenty miles an hour down the sidewalk almost ran 73 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:35,680 Speaker 3: or over. It would have been really bad if it 74 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:39,120 Speaker 3: hit her. And you know, my thought is, it's a 75 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:41,880 Speaker 3: motor vehicle, right the law. You know, a motor vehicle 76 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:43,920 Speaker 3: has a motor It doesn't matter if it's gas or electric, 77 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:47,720 Speaker 3: electric cars or motor vehicles, they're classified the same, you know. 78 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:50,719 Speaker 3: It's they need to be registered and they have to 79 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:53,320 Speaker 3: have all the same laws applied as the motor vehicle. 80 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:56,039 Speaker 2: Yeah, somebody was recently killed in Compley. Why do you 81 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 2: suppose cities and towns don't do anything. 82 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:00,720 Speaker 4: I don't know. 83 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:03,159 Speaker 3: I can't figure it out because to me, it's pretty 84 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 3: black and white. It's a you know, it has a motor, 85 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 3: and it's a vehicle that's transporting a person. It's no 86 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:12,000 Speaker 3: different from a mophead with a little fifty cc engine 87 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 3: in it. It's just got an electric motor, you know. 88 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:16,679 Speaker 3: And it should be treated the same way it should 89 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:19,919 Speaker 3: be on the road. Should be registered, you should be licensed. 90 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 2: So you're right, you're talking about an e bike that 91 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:24,040 Speaker 2: was on the sidewalk. 92 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:28,559 Speaker 3: Yeah, the bike E bike on the sidewalk. My daughter 93 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:31,800 Speaker 3: steps out of the car, goes to just go on 94 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:34,840 Speaker 3: the sidewalk, and this thing's doing twenty miles an hour 95 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:35,600 Speaker 3: down the sidewalk. 96 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:36,280 Speaker 4: Way. 97 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 2: You would go to jail for that. 98 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:41,280 Speaker 3: Okay, Yeah, I mean she just happened to stop and 99 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:43,800 Speaker 3: step back in time, But I mean one more step 100 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 3: and twenty miles per hour with a full grown teenager 101 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:50,080 Speaker 3: or adult whoever was riding it, right, it would have 102 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 3: been a disaster. 103 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:54,360 Speaker 2: And it could be anyone's mother, anyone child. 104 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:57,279 Speaker 3: Yeah, you're not being a vehicle going twenty miles an 105 00:05:57,320 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 3: hour on the sidewalk. 106 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 2: And you know now that e bikes commonly can go 107 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:04,559 Speaker 2: fifty miles an hour and some of them can carry 108 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:08,800 Speaker 2: I believe me. I've done tremendous research on this and 109 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:11,480 Speaker 2: some of them can carry one hundred and twenty pound 110 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:16,240 Speaker 2: pound cargo as well. And yeah, no one's doing anything. 111 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:20,160 Speaker 2: City councilor had Flynn tried to do something, and it 112 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:24,839 Speaker 2: was pretty pretty draconian, but at least I loud his 113 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 2: understanding that something needs to be done, and I wish 114 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:30,960 Speaker 2: the rest of the city councilors would share that awareness 115 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:33,440 Speaker 2: and do something about it. How many people have to 116 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 2: be killed or impaled like happened down in Horwiz done 117 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:38,839 Speaker 2: in the Cape impaled. 118 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:42,280 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's crazy. I was doing twenty miles an hour 119 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:44,919 Speaker 3: on one fourteen and PBDY and there was an e 120 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:48,360 Speaker 3: bike on the sidewalk went right by me, probably doing 121 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:51,880 Speaker 3: twenty five thirty a trail of dust behind him. He 122 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:53,719 Speaker 3: was going so fast on the sidewalk. 123 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 2: Now I get it, go ahead. 124 00:06:56,720 --> 00:06:59,159 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's just crazy, you know. I mean he was 125 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:02,120 Speaker 3: going faster than the traffic on a state highway on 126 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:04,039 Speaker 3: the sidewalk on any bike, yep. 127 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:09,640 Speaker 2: And nobody cares no, And even people don't have everyone's 128 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:12,800 Speaker 2: a cop. People are cowards. They don't even say anything. 129 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 2: They don't dare to say a word to these people 130 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:18,800 Speaker 2: who are endangering, dangering their families, lives. 131 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:21,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, motorized vehicle like that should not be on the 132 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 3: sidewalk at the pedestrian way. It should the should be 133 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:25,920 Speaker 3: on the road and registered. 134 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:28,520 Speaker 2: Yes, we'll get to all that. Great call, Brian, I 135 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:29,120 Speaker 2: appreciate it. 136 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:31,040 Speaker 3: Thanks Bradley, Yeah, thank you. 137 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:34,080 Speaker 2: We'll get to Floyd in ohioh in a little bit 138 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 2: after this. 139 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 1: On w b Z, it's Night Side with Dan Ray 140 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:42,880 Speaker 1: on Boston's news radio Night. 141 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:45,240 Speaker 2: Side with Dan Ray. Bradley J for Dan. You know 142 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 2: a lot of the threats that you know we have 143 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:52,679 Speaker 2: in our lives are abstract, they're or far away. There's 144 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:57,680 Speaker 2: the war between Russia and Ukraine. There's the bad situation 145 00:07:57,840 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 2: in Gaza. It's it's all bad. It's far away. But 146 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 2: tonight we're speaking about something that is coming down your street, 147 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:11,880 Speaker 2: right outside your house, right outside the stores you shop, 148 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:18,520 Speaker 2: and a real danger of severe physical injury and even 149 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:21,840 Speaker 2: death has happened in Copley Square very recently, and that 150 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:28,360 Speaker 2: is caused by two wheel vehicles just running wild. It's 151 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:31,040 Speaker 2: a wild West out there and people are getting hurt 152 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:35,240 Speaker 2: and for some reason, cities and towns are not doing 153 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:37,600 Speaker 2: anything about it, or not doing enough. So not only 154 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 2: am I speaking to you. I'm speaking to the decision 155 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 2: makers in cities and towns, including Boston, to do something. 156 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:46,839 Speaker 2: I don't know. There must be a reason you're not 157 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:52,400 Speaker 2: Does anyone have an idea about why nothing is being done. 158 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:56,360 Speaker 2: I want to hear your story about your close call 159 00:08:56,600 --> 00:09:00,920 Speaker 2: or something you've seen that really irritated you. You realize 160 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:05,040 Speaker 2: this is just not right when it comes to motor scooters, 161 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:08,880 Speaker 2: those forty nine cc motor scooters or e bikes which 162 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:11,080 Speaker 2: are now going up to fifty miles an hour, and 163 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:15,000 Speaker 2: those e bikes can go faster in a bike lane 164 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:18,760 Speaker 2: then you can on the street. You know how low 165 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:24,080 Speaker 2: in town speed limits are you go that speed limit, 166 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:27,080 Speaker 2: they're going faster than you in a bike lane. And 167 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:30,920 Speaker 2: citizen towns spent a lot of money and a lot 168 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:34,120 Speaker 2: of time and used up a lot of space reconfiguring 169 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:38,520 Speaker 2: streets to accommodate bike lanes. And we're not gonna argue 170 00:09:38,559 --> 00:09:41,720 Speaker 2: that at this point. That's been argued a lot. But 171 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:47,080 Speaker 2: all that is a waste if the original intention was 172 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:52,960 Speaker 2: to create a safe space for bicyclists and he assisted 173 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:56,000 Speaker 2: bicycles which go below fifteen point five miles an hour, 174 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:03,160 Speaker 2: because people are racing on them. They're used commercially for 175 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:10,520 Speaker 2: delivery vehicles, which, as we mentioned, blow through lights completely 176 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:14,679 Speaker 2: ignore traffic law, endangering you. And this is in a 177 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:18,360 Speaker 2: state which feels public safety is important enough to have 178 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:23,040 Speaker 2: a helmet law, to have a child seat safety law. 179 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:25,960 Speaker 2: You know, your child has to have a federally approved 180 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:31,320 Speaker 2: child seat. Oh, but it's okay to use the bike 181 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:37,960 Speaker 2: lanes and really do nothing about the law breakers using 182 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:41,040 Speaker 2: these bike lanes. These bike lanes are like law free lanes. 183 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 2: Once you get in the bike lane, there's no law 184 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:49,319 Speaker 2: applies to you. Let me ask you this. If a 185 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:51,520 Speaker 2: gas powered motor scooter can go on a bike lane, 186 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:55,840 Speaker 2: why can't a motorcycle. You could make the case that 187 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:57,920 Speaker 2: if they're allowed in the bike lanes that are Harley 188 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:01,199 Speaker 2: Davidson should also be allowed in the bike what's the difference. 189 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:06,600 Speaker 2: You could absolutely debate that there is no difference. It's 190 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:09,959 Speaker 2: a slippery slope, a weight slope. The Holly Davidson can 191 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:13,160 Speaker 2: go faster, but it's not going to go faster, you know, 192 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:17,080 Speaker 2: as fast as it can if you're allowing the motor 193 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:21,079 Speaker 2: scooters in there, and why not allow Triumphs and Holly 194 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:24,280 Speaker 2: Davidson's in there? Let's I want to know what you've seen. 195 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:29,319 Speaker 2: What kind of crazy law breaking have you seen from 196 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:34,160 Speaker 2: e bikes and gas powered motor scooters? Floyd in Ohio? 197 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:35,000 Speaker 2: How are you doing, Floyd? 198 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:38,280 Speaker 5: You're on w busy Hey Rellijie. 199 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:40,560 Speaker 6: You know we used to talk years ago when you 200 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:44,040 Speaker 6: were in the overnight shift. I'm the disabled veteran and 201 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:48,800 Speaker 6: then we spoke in the hours. Anyway, So you know, 202 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:51,560 Speaker 6: I'm a sixty four year old disabled veteran. 203 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:55,079 Speaker 5: I have some physical disability. So I ride a bicycle, 204 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:57,680 Speaker 5: a real biicycle or swin bicycle. 205 00:11:58,320 --> 00:12:03,480 Speaker 6: I'm an old irishmen trying to ride a bicycle. And 206 00:12:03,559 --> 00:12:07,200 Speaker 6: I see these things cruising by me. You know, I 207 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:10,840 Speaker 6: live in rural Ohio. It's beautiful out here country roads. 208 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:14,720 Speaker 6: And I'm just out there tooling a long and enjoying 209 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 6: the sunshine and the beautiful scenery. And I and and 210 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:21,839 Speaker 6: I can't even hear them coming up behind me. Then 211 00:12:21,880 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 6: I'm thinking to myself, what is the point of even 212 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:29,079 Speaker 6: doing that. I'm out here trying to you know, I 213 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:31,480 Speaker 6: know I'm going to die an old man. I just 214 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:34,040 Speaker 6: don't want to die on old fat man, you know. 215 00:12:34,559 --> 00:12:37,320 Speaker 6: So I'm out there trying to ride my bicycle, you know, 216 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:41,360 Speaker 6: and it's they're all over the place, and if it's 217 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:44,680 Speaker 6: I just don't get the point. Why spend that kind 218 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:48,960 Speaker 6: of money. And then I guess there's they got some 219 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:52,720 Speaker 6: fire hazards now with their batteries and stuff. They catch 220 00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:53,280 Speaker 6: on fire. 221 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:53,680 Speaker 5: You know. 222 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:58,800 Speaker 6: It's like you know, love you know, ev eavy vehicles. 223 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:01,600 Speaker 6: Whatever issues was that going on? 224 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:03,440 Speaker 2: Do you say anything to him? I guess you can't. 225 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 2: They they're whipping by too fast. 226 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:07,920 Speaker 6: They went right by me. You know, I'm just tooling 227 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:10,120 Speaker 6: a long and I mean, I'm just enjoying the scenery. 228 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:13,200 Speaker 6: What I cruise along the river as a beautiful little river, 229 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:17,160 Speaker 6: the Sika River and beautiful in a while, you know, 230 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:20,560 Speaker 6: and I you know, I'm enjoying my day and they're 231 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:24,520 Speaker 6: just cruising by. Said, why what is the point of 232 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:25,680 Speaker 6: having something like that? 233 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:27,960 Speaker 5: Mabe? Not doing it for exercise? 234 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:30,400 Speaker 2: Would you say that they pose a hazard to you, 235 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:31,400 Speaker 2: that they're danger to. 236 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:35,240 Speaker 6: You, especially when I can't hear them coming up from 237 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 6: behind me right, you know, right or you know they 238 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:40,680 Speaker 6: I mean, they whiz right by me. And then of 239 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:44,600 Speaker 6: course I feel a little, a little you know, protured, 240 00:13:44,679 --> 00:13:48,160 Speaker 6: because I'm thinking, wait a minute, I'm cruising along pretty 241 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:50,800 Speaker 6: good as a sixty four year old man, disable veteran 242 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:55,360 Speaker 6: on my bicycle and this dude, you know, just whizzing 243 00:13:55,440 --> 00:13:57,520 Speaker 6: right by on that bicycle thing or. 244 00:13:57,520 --> 00:14:01,360 Speaker 5: Whatever it is. Let me. I never I never got. 245 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:02,079 Speaker 6: The point of that. 246 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:04,360 Speaker 2: Are you losing any weight? 247 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:06,000 Speaker 7: Oh? 248 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:08,920 Speaker 5: Yeah? Oh yeah, I lost. Yeah. I wanted. 249 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:10,400 Speaker 6: I wanted to get back down to my fight and 250 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 6: with one hundred and eighty five pounds and I'm one 251 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:14,480 Speaker 6: hundred and eighty six now I was, I was like 252 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:16,920 Speaker 6: one hundred and nineties. So I lost my weight riding 253 00:14:16,960 --> 00:14:17,560 Speaker 6: my bicycle. 254 00:14:17,679 --> 00:14:20,000 Speaker 2: So you're not you know, you're not fat. You may 255 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:21,360 Speaker 2: be irish, but you're not fat. 256 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:23,640 Speaker 5: Yeah. But I tried. 257 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:26,080 Speaker 6: I try to get out, you know it. You know, 258 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:29,000 Speaker 6: it's been pretty dry and arounding in ohiouse. I try 259 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:30,760 Speaker 6: to do about fifteen miles a day when I get 260 00:14:30,760 --> 00:14:31,000 Speaker 6: it out. 261 00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:33,960 Speaker 2: Oh that's fantastic. Good for you. Well, I hope, I 262 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:36,360 Speaker 2: hope none of those vehicles hit you and take you out, 263 00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:37,120 Speaker 2: That's what I hope. 264 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:42,520 Speaker 6: Well, you know, I got all the flashing lights where 265 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:43,680 Speaker 6: the yellow. 266 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:45,600 Speaker 5: You know, jerseys and stuff like that. 267 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:49,240 Speaker 6: I got my homeot on, you know. You know, actually 268 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:52,920 Speaker 6: I look for damn cool driving thing. But I just 269 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:55,160 Speaker 6: never got the point of that right. 270 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 5: Well, you know, I. 271 00:14:56,480 --> 00:14:58,520 Speaker 2: Got a squeeze another calling before the break, and I 272 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:01,200 Speaker 2: appreciate your call, and thanks for referencing back in the 273 00:15:01,280 --> 00:15:04,960 Speaker 2: day too, because of course I remember Floyd in Oh Okay. 274 00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:09,600 Speaker 2: Thanks Floyd. We have Gina and Watertown next Gina. What 275 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:12,000 Speaker 2: have you seen on those highways? I mean on those 276 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:17,920 Speaker 2: on the streets, not the highways. 277 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:22,680 Speaker 8: Yes, the worst. I live on Arsenal Street and I 278 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:26,360 Speaker 8: brought my granddaughter out to learn to ride or bike. 279 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:33,600 Speaker 8: Now they extended the sidewalks and there's bike lanes like 280 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:38,800 Speaker 8: on on the side on the sidewalks, so it's like 281 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:43,200 Speaker 8: split in half. You got a two year old Chinas 282 00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:48,040 Speaker 8: do a little bike and come whids and Bay is 283 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:50,880 Speaker 8: one of those bikes going like fifty miles an hour. 284 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:54,280 Speaker 8: They go well, no what they go south, they go 285 00:15:55,360 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 8: back and forth and it's just the worst out there. 286 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:00,640 Speaker 8: Wanted down. 287 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:05,080 Speaker 2: Yeah. I got an email today from someone who said 288 00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:09,600 Speaker 2: that he was afraid to take his daughter out on 289 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:12,760 Speaker 2: the sidewalk, to even walk down the sidewalk. Now that's 290 00:16:12,920 --> 00:16:16,600 Speaker 2: that is not right, I will say. I gotta I 291 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:20,160 Speaker 2: have to say that with this rush to bike lanes 292 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:26,680 Speaker 2: which are now being improperly used, that the pedestrians have 293 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:29,560 Speaker 2: been thrown under the bus so to speak, or should 294 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:33,080 Speaker 2: I say, thrown under the e bike, and it is 295 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:38,480 Speaker 2: really dangerous out there. He has another way that it's 296 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:43,720 Speaker 2: super dangerous for pedestrians. Say, now, when you cross a street, 297 00:16:43,760 --> 00:16:48,760 Speaker 2: a busy street, you wait for the walk sign, which 298 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:51,440 Speaker 2: is based on the stop sign for the traffic, and 299 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:54,360 Speaker 2: you know, you see the walk sign and you do check. 300 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:59,880 Speaker 2: But still, when gas powered motor scooters are using bike 301 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:03,280 Speaker 2: lanes to blow through lights, when e bikes are using 302 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:05,880 Speaker 2: bike lanes to blow through lights, and even if they're 303 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:08,040 Speaker 2: not in the bike lanes, they're blowing through the lights 304 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:10,399 Speaker 2: and you're you have the light, you're trying to just 305 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:16,400 Speaker 2: walk across the street and survive. It's very dangerous and 306 00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:22,720 Speaker 2: I'm I'm really beside myself with frustration not my town 307 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:27,520 Speaker 2: doesn't do anything about it. And I wonder if there's 308 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:32,840 Speaker 2: some agenda that I'm unaware of what's going on, because, 309 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:38,040 Speaker 2: as I say, in a state that is demonstratvely demonstratively 310 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:41,920 Speaker 2: cares about public safety, they don't care about this. What's 311 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:43,240 Speaker 2: going on? Does anybody have. 312 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:46,160 Speaker 8: You never hear it on the TV? You never hear 313 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:49,760 Speaker 8: anything about it. I mean it was an accident, you know, 314 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:52,560 Speaker 8: with one you never ever hear it. 315 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:55,440 Speaker 2: Well, Gina, thank you very much. Now, well let's talk 316 00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:56,919 Speaker 2: to David in San Francisco. 317 00:17:57,040 --> 00:18:02,640 Speaker 9: Hi, David, this is David from San Francisco, and I'm 318 00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:05,240 Speaker 9: just calling in to say I really don't have any 319 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:08,880 Speaker 9: input on what you're talking about, but I just want 320 00:18:08,920 --> 00:18:11,760 Speaker 9: to tell you, Bradley that that show you did on 321 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:14,919 Speaker 9: August twenty six city in for Dan Ray was the 322 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:17,880 Speaker 9: best show I think you've ever done. It's the one 323 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:21,640 Speaker 9: you had the Canada Soctor and you had Mark Mothers. 324 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:25,080 Speaker 2: Ball guy from Demo. Thank you. 325 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:27,720 Speaker 9: And I tell you I've heard probably two hundred year 326 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:30,080 Speaker 9: shows and that was the best one I ever heard. 327 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:34,040 Speaker 9: I was just really impressed with it and I'll never 328 00:18:34,080 --> 00:18:38,840 Speaker 9: forget it. And I'm just calling to say hello, and well, 329 00:18:38,840 --> 00:18:39,640 Speaker 9: well I have you here. 330 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:42,040 Speaker 2: I know that you know years ago you had a 331 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:43,760 Speaker 2: stroke and you've been in recovery for a long time. 332 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:46,160 Speaker 2: How is your health are you? Are you getting along 333 00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:47,080 Speaker 2: all right? 334 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:49,800 Speaker 9: I'm going out for a walk with a lady from 335 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:53,600 Speaker 9: a Little Brothers friends of the elderly every Saturday and 336 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:58,080 Speaker 9: she's she's just been great. And one more thing before 337 00:18:58,080 --> 00:19:01,800 Speaker 9: I go again. My number one all time tune is 338 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:04,520 Speaker 9: walking in the Rain by Flashing the Pan. 339 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:06,320 Speaker 2: I love that song. 340 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:12,119 Speaker 9: And you worked at Friday's, right, Yeah, yes. 341 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 2: I did. I worked at TGI Fridays on Exeter Street, 342 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:17,800 Speaker 2: the corner of Newbury and Exeter. It was a really 343 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:18,840 Speaker 2: great place to work. 344 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:24,560 Speaker 9: I was a waiter the very first Fridays in New 345 00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:31,080 Speaker 9: York sixty second Street and First Avenue, and uh yeah, 346 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:34,240 Speaker 9: I started actually at Tuesdays on the seventeenth and third, 347 00:19:35,160 --> 00:19:37,399 Speaker 9: but I worked at Fridays for a couple of weeks 348 00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:40,360 Speaker 9: and U and that was the very first one had 349 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:45,400 Speaker 9: the sawdust and peanut shells on the floor, and uh yeah, 350 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:49,160 Speaker 9: that was a trip. So Bradley, good to hear from you, man, 351 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:52,359 Speaker 9: And I'm doing pretty good. I'm coming back. 352 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:55,960 Speaker 2: Well, be careful, don't get hit by If you get 353 00:19:56,040 --> 00:19:59,440 Speaker 2: hit by one of these vehicles we're talking about, it's yeah, 354 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:01,840 Speaker 2: you know, if you get a broken hip or something 355 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:04,080 Speaker 2: from getting hit by one of these, it's it's you know, 356 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:06,480 Speaker 2: yeah on. 357 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:10,240 Speaker 9: The sidewalk, and all right, and we'll be careful. 358 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:13,080 Speaker 2: I got for you okay, really quick, then gotta go. 359 00:20:14,119 --> 00:20:16,080 Speaker 9: What happens when you don't play your exorcist? 360 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:19,400 Speaker 2: I give up? 361 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:21,640 Speaker 9: You get repossessed? 362 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:25,320 Speaker 2: Oh good, thank god? All right, thank you, David. I 363 00:20:25,359 --> 00:20:28,720 Speaker 2: appreciate it. Good call from David. Thank you. So coming up, 364 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:31,560 Speaker 2: we're going to stay with this. I'm going to read 365 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:35,040 Speaker 2: to you a letter that I am composing to the 366 00:20:35,080 --> 00:20:37,960 Speaker 2: Boston Globe. It'll either be a letter to the editor 367 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:41,080 Speaker 2: or an op in, it depends on the link. And 368 00:20:41,119 --> 00:20:43,840 Speaker 2: I'll also share what I learned about writing a letter 369 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:46,520 Speaker 2: to the editor. And I have a friend that writes 370 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:49,439 Speaker 2: for the Globe, Emily Sweeney, and I sent this to 371 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:51,360 Speaker 2: her and said, what do you think? And she gave 372 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:58,200 Speaker 2: me some specifics about how a letter or op edit 373 00:20:58,359 --> 00:21:01,800 Speaker 2: has to be formatic actually in terms of length. I'll 374 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:04,280 Speaker 2: share that with you because I would love it if 375 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:07,520 Speaker 2: you would start writing letters to your newspaper on this topic. 376 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:12,679 Speaker 2: I would love it if you would call your lawmaker, 377 00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:16,680 Speaker 2: your decision makers in your city or town. Please, let's 378 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:20,120 Speaker 2: do something. This is a a real danger right outside 379 00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:25,359 Speaker 2: your door. All right, let's continue after this on WBZ. 380 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:30,160 Speaker 1: It's Night SID on wb Boston's news radio. 381 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:34,400 Speaker 2: Let's go right to Daryl in Canada. I believe we're 382 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:37,520 Speaker 2: talking about the dangers posed by a lack of regulation 383 00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:41,040 Speaker 2: of two wheel vehicles, including the new really fast e 384 00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:44,800 Speaker 2: bikes and including motus cooters which are increasingly used to 385 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:49,920 Speaker 2: deliver food and decreasingly in forced as far as following 386 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:55,320 Speaker 2: the rules. So Darryl, here we go. You're on WBZ, Daryl. 387 00:21:55,040 --> 00:22:00,560 Speaker 4: High, Hey Bradley, how you doing? I am well, A 388 00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:04,760 Speaker 4: great topic and referenced David. I still remember that Devo 389 00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:06,280 Speaker 4: interview as well. 390 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:11,280 Speaker 2: Thanks. You know, let me tell you about that. It's 391 00:22:11,359 --> 00:22:17,760 Speaker 2: my impression that Mark Mothersbow of Devo was somebody that 392 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:21,280 Speaker 2: could be crabby if you if he sensed you didn't 393 00:22:21,320 --> 00:22:23,280 Speaker 2: know what Divo was really all about. So I don't 394 00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:24,960 Speaker 2: know if you noticed in an interview I've made I 395 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:25,960 Speaker 2: kept it tight. 396 00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:27,560 Speaker 4: And it was de evolution. 397 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:34,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, yes, and I kept it wasn't I don't get 398 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:36,320 Speaker 2: any points for having a long interview. I wanted to 399 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:39,080 Speaker 2: just bang, bang, bang bang. It might have been seventeen minutes, 400 00:22:39,119 --> 00:22:42,080 Speaker 2: but I enjoyed it, and I think he appreciated that 401 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:43,040 Speaker 2: I knew what was up. 402 00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:48,360 Speaker 4: But it was also it was also informative and entertaining 403 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:48,720 Speaker 4: as well. 404 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:51,919 Speaker 2: Right, absolutely, So what are you saying on this on 405 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:56,080 Speaker 2: the streets when it comes to these two wheel vehicles. 406 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:58,720 Speaker 4: Well, I've got a whole bunch of it, even right 407 00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:02,360 Speaker 4: next to my property and cameras, people doing wheelies and whatnot, 408 00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:08,120 Speaker 4: dangerous driving. But when you're actually in the bigger cities, 409 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:13,080 Speaker 4: when you have you guys have bike trails as well, 410 00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:18,480 Speaker 4: and they cross main roads. Yeah, I'm assuming. 411 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:25,000 Speaker 2: People just jets know they actually I don't know if 412 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:28,160 Speaker 2: they crossed. There's a bike lane on either side. Generally, 413 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:32,320 Speaker 2: at least in my neighborhood. It's configured differently in different areas, 414 00:23:32,359 --> 00:23:34,359 Speaker 2: so I can't, just for the sake of being accurate 415 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:36,879 Speaker 2: the lanes, I don't think they cross. 416 00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:40,159 Speaker 4: I can't, Okay, think of what we have here is 417 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:45,320 Speaker 4: a bike lanes and running paths, and they go across 418 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:49,040 Speaker 4: a main road where people that are doing the biking 419 00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:53,800 Speaker 4: on the path should stop to wait for traffic for 420 00:23:53,920 --> 00:23:57,720 Speaker 4: cars to stop. A lot of them just jet right 421 00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:00,159 Speaker 4: out and it causes people to have to hammer on 422 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:03,000 Speaker 4: their breaks all this stuff as well. 423 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:07,680 Speaker 2: Right, Yes, it's a real menace. It's clear, I don't 424 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:10,200 Speaker 2: clear and present may not be the phrase to use. 425 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:14,280 Speaker 2: But it's a real danger and there are some there 426 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:16,320 Speaker 2: are so many other things that are so much smaller, 427 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:19,240 Speaker 2: they get so much more attention. I'm shocked. There must 428 00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:25,200 Speaker 2: be some factors that I'm not understanding as why why 429 00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:27,280 Speaker 2: these people are protected. I don't get it. 430 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:31,160 Speaker 4: Well, what I was calling about is when you're drafting 431 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:35,359 Speaker 4: a letter to your lawmakers. Yeah, if you want to 432 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:39,480 Speaker 4: mention this aspect as well. You know about people not 433 00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:43,040 Speaker 4: they think they have the right of way. 434 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:44,800 Speaker 2: Do they think they have the right of way, or 435 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:47,119 Speaker 2: they know they don't have the right of way and 436 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:52,200 Speaker 2: they don't care and they're just aggressive and arrogant. You 437 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:55,240 Speaker 2: just said it so, and let me make folks, I'm 438 00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:59,639 Speaker 2: not talking at all here about bicycle riders either way, 439 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:03,840 Speaker 2: regular bicycles, I'm not talking about them at all. That 440 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:08,200 Speaker 2: conversation has been had. I've moved on to motorized vehicles 441 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:13,520 Speaker 2: or motorcycles. You know, a an e bike is a 442 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:17,320 Speaker 2: is a motor cycle. It's a cycle with a motor 443 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:21,119 Speaker 2: it's a motorcycle. It's an electric motorcycle. And did you 444 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:23,600 Speaker 2: know that they just tack those pedals on there to 445 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:25,320 Speaker 2: make them legal in bike lanes? How do I know 446 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:29,320 Speaker 2: this because I do my research and I went to 447 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:32,960 Speaker 2: an e bike sales shop and asked them a bunch 448 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:36,119 Speaker 2: of questions, asked them about how fast they go, and 449 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:41,680 Speaker 2: I was told, yeah, they just stick those pedals on there, 450 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:44,919 Speaker 2: so they're legal in bike lanes. And these bikes are 451 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:48,200 Speaker 2: so big and so heavy, there's no way you're pedaling them. 452 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:51,600 Speaker 2: It's just a loophole and it needs to be closed. 453 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:56,919 Speaker 4: Well, here's another question for you. Then they have the 454 00:25:57,000 --> 00:26:01,920 Speaker 4: acceleration and the capability of getting higher speeds a lot quicker, 455 00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:03,520 Speaker 4: but they have no sound as well. 456 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:07,520 Speaker 2: That's right, that's correct. There's no warning they're coming up 457 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:09,920 Speaker 2: behind you. So if you if you're walking and then 458 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:14,320 Speaker 2: you abruptly turn to go into a store turned across 459 00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:16,360 Speaker 2: the road, that's it for you. 460 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:20,240 Speaker 4: Hey, it keeps lawyers in work. 461 00:26:20,119 --> 00:26:27,360 Speaker 2: Right, Yeah, so fast? I just this is from AI Overview. 462 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:31,040 Speaker 2: That's the source. Believe it or not. The fastest commercially 463 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:33,600 Speaker 2: available e bikes such as I'm not going to use 464 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:36,639 Speaker 2: the brand, can reach over seventy miles an hour. But 465 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:39,640 Speaker 2: these are extremely powerful machines not suited for standard road 466 00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:43,560 Speaker 2: juice or novice riders. But the point is now they 467 00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:45,760 Speaker 2: have them to go seventy miles an hour. I commonly 468 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:48,320 Speaker 2: see fifty miles an hour. And what is the speed limit? 469 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:51,119 Speaker 2: What is the speed limit on the roads in cities 470 00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:54,400 Speaker 2: and towns twenty miles an hour? Twenty five and they're 471 00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:57,720 Speaker 2: going faster than that in bike lanes with these Thanks 472 00:26:57,760 --> 00:26:58,160 Speaker 2: for some. 473 00:26:58,160 --> 00:26:58,800 Speaker 3: Other question. 474 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:03,760 Speaker 4: Patient you can put in? Is you mentioned forty nine 475 00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 4: cc and in Canada you do not need a license 476 00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:13,439 Speaker 4: forty nine cc in under exactly the going to the 477 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:16,960 Speaker 4: E aspect? Should you not have a license if it 478 00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:18,760 Speaker 4: exceeds a certain speed. 479 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:23,119 Speaker 2: Link registration, the whole thing. And wait, you know, I 480 00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:26,080 Speaker 2: think the weight counts too, Darryl, thanks for the great call. 481 00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:26,720 Speaker 2: Appreciate it. 482 00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:28,280 Speaker 4: Hey, keep up the good work. 483 00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:31,800 Speaker 2: Thank you. Okay, Dave and Woolburn local guy. 484 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:37,439 Speaker 7: Hi Dave, Hi, thanks for taking my call. Sure, so, 485 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:43,040 Speaker 7: I actually own numerous mopeds and a couple of scooters. 486 00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:45,520 Speaker 2: And when you say scooters, do you mean the forty 487 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:46,600 Speaker 2: nine scooters? 488 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:52,800 Speaker 7: That's correct, Okay, I'm more into the vintage ones, but 489 00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:58,320 Speaker 7: minor registered. I followed the law. The laws all exist. 490 00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:04,640 Speaker 7: This is not a law problem, it's quickly an enforcement problem. 491 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:09,560 Speaker 7: In order to be a legal mop head and use 492 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:12,240 Speaker 7: the bike lane. You have to. It has to have 493 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:16,000 Speaker 7: a capability of no more than thirty miles an hour. 494 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:19,120 Speaker 2: Thirty miles an hour was way too high. That's way 495 00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:19,680 Speaker 2: too high. 496 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:25,160 Speaker 7: Well, that's the capability, okay. And then that same law 497 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:29,560 Speaker 7: says the actual speed that you must obey is twenty 498 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:33,200 Speaker 7: five and it's in the books m Jail ninety point one. 499 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:36,159 Speaker 7: It's it's just not enforced. They don't, you know, I 500 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:41,240 Speaker 7: don't know why. You know, there are there's a large 501 00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:46,680 Speaker 7: community of people that colect and ride these vehicles and 502 00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:50,960 Speaker 7: follow the law, and you know, we want to see it. 503 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:54,880 Speaker 7: You know, the law, you know enforced just like you do. 504 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:57,520 Speaker 2: All right, let me ask you this, as a law 505 00:28:57,560 --> 00:29:01,440 Speaker 2: abiding two wheel vehicle operator, would be your guess as 506 00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:06,320 Speaker 2: to of riders of let's say the forty nine cc 507 00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:11,920 Speaker 2: scooters that obey the law, that really are conscientious and 508 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:13,480 Speaker 2: a bag of law sev. 509 00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:18,000 Speaker 7: Maybe I would say about fifty to fifty. 510 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:22,640 Speaker 2: Fifty to fifty half depends what half of them about 511 00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:25,240 Speaker 2: what you are, half of them are blown through signs. 512 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:28,560 Speaker 2: Half Well, I rest my case. 513 00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:31,920 Speaker 7: To go into the city. It gets worse as you 514 00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:37,560 Speaker 7: go into the city. In the suburbs. In the suburbs, 515 00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:40,480 Speaker 7: probably more like seventy five twenty five. You get into 516 00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:46,000 Speaker 7: Boston and it's completely out of control, and it's just enforcement. 517 00:29:46,360 --> 00:29:50,240 Speaker 7: Now recently they've started to enforce at least the plate. 518 00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:54,640 Speaker 7: You know what it's it's not really a plate. It's 519 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:58,640 Speaker 7: more like it's a plate, but it's really the same 520 00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:01,040 Speaker 7: law applies as once a sticker. 521 00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:03,760 Speaker 2: So it was my understanding under forty under forty nine 522 00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:06,920 Speaker 2: ccs you do not need to register register the thing. 523 00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:10,320 Speaker 7: Correct, Well, that's no, that's not the case. 524 00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:11,040 Speaker 2: What is the case? 525 00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:13,000 Speaker 3: All right? 526 00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:17,480 Speaker 7: So forty nine cc and under is can if if 527 00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:21,280 Speaker 7: it can do no more than thirty and if it 528 00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:25,080 Speaker 7: has a fully automatic transmission, and if it passes DOT 529 00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:29,120 Speaker 7: standards you know, for lighting and et cetera, then and 530 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:33,040 Speaker 7: only then can it be used on the roads. And 531 00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:36,120 Speaker 7: it has to as I said, go no more than thirty. 532 00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:38,680 Speaker 7: You can ride it at twenty five and you need 533 00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:43,160 Speaker 7: a they call it a registration. It's a plate. It's 534 00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:50,040 Speaker 7: uh forty dollars for two years. You don't need insurance and. 535 00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:52,800 Speaker 2: You, by the way, you should need insurance. 536 00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:59,360 Speaker 7: Well you don't under the current law. But once it 537 00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:04,000 Speaker 7: once it can go faster than that. It's not a mophead. 538 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:07,720 Speaker 7: It's either an luv or a motorcycle, and it has 539 00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:12,719 Speaker 7: a completely different set of rules. The problem is, you know, 540 00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:17,040 Speaker 7: a few people follow the rules, and as you said, 541 00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:19,600 Speaker 7: you know when you get into the you know, into 542 00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:24,800 Speaker 7: the city, they're just ignoring everything. I mean, no matter 543 00:31:24,840 --> 00:31:27,120 Speaker 7: what it is, be it an ee bike, a moped, whatever. 544 00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:30,040 Speaker 7: If you're going twenty miles an hour with the speed limit, 545 00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:32,400 Speaker 7: you're going twenty miles an hour over the speed limit 546 00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:36,960 Speaker 7: and you need to be stopped. But they're not doing it. 547 00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:40,200 Speaker 7: And that's that's the problem. They're not People are riding 548 00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:43,560 Speaker 7: around with no helmet and they're not stopping them. The 549 00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:46,280 Speaker 7: laws are there, you don't need to go to the legislature. 550 00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:49,360 Speaker 7: All the laws are in place. It's just a matter 551 00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:51,560 Speaker 7: of why the police aren't enforcing it. 552 00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:52,600 Speaker 4: Ask them. 553 00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:58,840 Speaker 2: Okay, so I've looked it up here and yes, a 554 00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:01,240 Speaker 2: forty nine cc scooter needs to be registered as a 555 00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:07,400 Speaker 2: moped a moped as at dated phrase in Massachusetts, just 556 00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:09,000 Speaker 2: as you say, it requires a bill of sale on 557 00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:14,080 Speaker 2: a registration sticker, not a traditional license plate. So is 558 00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:17,040 Speaker 2: there is there a plate on it that if you 559 00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:22,480 Speaker 2: blow through steps on an enforcement officer could see and 560 00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:25,720 Speaker 2: you know, get the plate number? Is it? Is it 561 00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:28,800 Speaker 2: just a little sticker sticker on it? What is it? 562 00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:32,400 Speaker 7: They changed that recently a couple of years ago, and 563 00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:37,000 Speaker 7: they it's got the same size license plate as a motorcycle. 564 00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:41,320 Speaker 7: It says moped. But it's clearly visible, you know, it's 565 00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:43,520 Speaker 7: it's the same size as the motorcycle. And it's supposed 566 00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:48,479 Speaker 7: to be displayed the same way. So yes, they can 567 00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:48,880 Speaker 7: see it. 568 00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:49,840 Speaker 2: Good. 569 00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:51,080 Speaker 4: You either have it or you don't. 570 00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:55,360 Speaker 7: Yeah, And and but the thing is that all you know, 571 00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:58,560 Speaker 7: all these complaints coming from all these people are valid 572 00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:00,400 Speaker 7: because so. 573 00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:03,040 Speaker 2: As you say, it's all about importance, it's enforcing them. 574 00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:03,960 Speaker 2: It's enforcement. 575 00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:05,400 Speaker 7: It's totally enforcement. 576 00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:10,800 Speaker 2: So how many folks, how many folks actually get the 577 00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:12,120 Speaker 2: things registered. 578 00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:16,800 Speaker 7: Again, depends on where you are, I mean where I 579 00:33:16,840 --> 00:33:19,960 Speaker 7: live in the suburbs, I'd say a good three quarters. 580 00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:22,400 Speaker 2: So one quarter don't even register. 581 00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:28,280 Speaker 7: Them, correct, and because they they know nobody stopping them. 582 00:33:29,520 --> 00:33:32,000 Speaker 7: And as I said, in the city, it's completely out 583 00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:35,520 Speaker 7: of control. And it's not even the registration part, I mean, 584 00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:40,400 Speaker 7: just totally totally ignoring all laws. And a lot of 585 00:33:40,480 --> 00:33:43,600 Speaker 7: it isn't even footers and mopeds. A lot of it 586 00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:50,120 Speaker 7: is you know, they're on dirt bikes, quads, trikes, you 587 00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:52,880 Speaker 7: name it, right and just out there. You know, you 588 00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:55,120 Speaker 7: know we're totally ignoring laws. 589 00:33:55,280 --> 00:33:59,280 Speaker 2: All right, thanks Dave. I appreciate a great call. Did 590 00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:02,080 Speaker 2: I break, Rob? Do I need to break again? 591 00:34:02,320 --> 00:34:02,760 Speaker 5: Yeah? 592 00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:05,840 Speaker 2: Okay, I have a few minutes left, and after this break, 593 00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:09,319 Speaker 2: I'm going to read the letter that I have composed 594 00:34:09,360 --> 00:34:14,240 Speaker 2: and not yet sent to the Boston Globe. It's it's 595 00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:17,560 Speaker 2: the thing is, it's too long to be a letter 596 00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:21,520 Speaker 2: to the editor and too short to be an opinion piece, 597 00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:23,960 Speaker 2: so I have to make it longer. But I'll read 598 00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:25,719 Speaker 2: you what I have after this on WBZ. 599 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:31,239 Speaker 1: You're on Night Side with Dan Ray on WBZ, Boston's 600 00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:32,279 Speaker 1: news radio. 601 00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:36,840 Speaker 2: All right, let me read you this work in progress 602 00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:39,719 Speaker 2: that I want to send to the Globe. Maybe it's 603 00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:42,640 Speaker 2: I mean, it may be redundant. Others may have sent 604 00:34:43,040 --> 00:34:46,400 Speaker 2: like letters, so we'll see. I'll actually read you an 605 00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:48,800 Speaker 2: opinion piece after this that wasn't the Globe and follow 606 00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:52,960 Speaker 2: up to them. But here's mine. Stop the insanity. Recently 607 00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:55,560 Speaker 2: a person was killed by an e bike and copy square. 608 00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:58,239 Speaker 2: Now someone has been impaled by an e bike on 609 00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:01,759 Speaker 2: the Cape. Contact your legislators and decision makers now to 610 00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:07,480 Speaker 2: demand regulation and enforcement regarding these motor vehicles, gas powered 611 00:35:07,520 --> 00:35:10,440 Speaker 2: motor scooters, e bikes, and I want to include the 612 00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:14,280 Speaker 2: electric stand up scooters that have become a public safety 613 00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:17,839 Speaker 2: nightmare as an aside. These scooters go on the sidewalks 614 00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:20,840 Speaker 2: and they're a menace as well. Now back to the 615 00:35:20,920 --> 00:35:25,120 Speaker 2: letter this in three parts, gas powered motor scooters wild. 616 00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:28,200 Speaker 2: Boston City Councilor Flynn's propos of the band gas powered 617 00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:31,200 Speaker 2: motor scooters for food delivery was extreme. O law is 618 00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:37,200 Speaker 2: understanding that the lack of registration, and even though registrations 619 00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:41,359 Speaker 2: required for the forty nine ccis, as a caller pointed out, 620 00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:45,080 Speaker 2: many of them are not and they all need to be. 621 00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:50,279 Speaker 2: Regulation and enforcement of ordinances pertaining to the gas powered 622 00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:53,879 Speaker 2: motor scooters represents a serious hazard to public safety. Many 623 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:57,960 Speaker 2: operators of these unregistered vehicles boldly flout traffic laws, knowing 624 00:35:57,960 --> 00:36:03,480 Speaker 2: there will never be consequences, endangering bicyclists and pedestrians. Yesterday, 625 00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:06,080 Speaker 2: I watched a gas powered scooter speeding the wrong way 626 00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:09,440 Speaker 2: in a bike lane, the wrong way in a bike lane, 627 00:36:09,719 --> 00:36:13,600 Speaker 2: doing a wheelie. If a law abiding motorists hits a 628 00:36:13,640 --> 00:36:18,160 Speaker 2: skyfly motor scooter operator, the motorists may suffer emotional scars 629 00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:22,799 Speaker 2: and perhaps even a financial catastrophe. We've all seen these 630 00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:26,040 Speaker 2: vehicles operated in an aggressively dangerous manner, and it's time 631 00:36:26,080 --> 00:36:30,000 Speaker 2: for it to stop. New generation e bikes. Many new 632 00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:33,400 Speaker 2: e bikes are actually electric powered motorcycles. I was told 633 00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:37,360 Speaker 2: that an e bike dealership that pedals are only attached 634 00:36:37,640 --> 00:36:41,400 Speaker 2: so they will be legal in bike lanes as an 635 00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:44,560 Speaker 2: assent on some of these on the fast or heavier ones, 636 00:36:44,840 --> 00:36:47,480 Speaker 2: this legal loophole must be closed. In these e bikes, 637 00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:51,760 Speaker 2: some can travel forty to fifty five forty or fifty 638 00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:54,280 Speaker 2: miles per hour, must be kept out of bike lanes 639 00:36:54,280 --> 00:36:58,440 Speaker 2: and on off sidewalks. Electric stand up scooters. All powered 640 00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:01,960 Speaker 2: vehicles must be kept off sidewalk, including electric stand up scooters. 641 00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:06,480 Speaker 2: The Cabo Wolfking GTR, for example, is a high performance 642 00:37:06,520 --> 00:37:09,440 Speaker 2: scooter noted for its rapid acceleration with a zero to 643 00:37:09,480 --> 00:37:12,279 Speaker 2: thirty time of around three point three seconds. And these 644 00:37:12,280 --> 00:37:17,839 Speaker 2: are around sidewalks and the ability to reach high speeds sidewalks. 645 00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:18,600 Speaker 5: They have to. 646 00:37:18,560 --> 00:37:22,960 Speaker 2: Remain safe spaces pedestrians are getting thrown under the bus 647 00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:27,600 Speaker 2: in their rush for bike lanes. Pedestrians are suffering and 648 00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:31,680 Speaker 2: getting injured, and it's not the bicycles that they're doing, 649 00:37:32,120 --> 00:37:34,880 Speaker 2: it's the misuse of the bike lanes by powered vehicles. 650 00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:38,120 Speaker 2: Some of this is an aside and not included in 651 00:37:38,160 --> 00:37:41,800 Speaker 2: the litter action. To its credit, Massachusetts is a state 652 00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:44,520 Speaker 2: that demonstrably cares about public safety. It is imperative that 653 00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:48,520 Speaker 2: legislation be enacted and the force that will require all 654 00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:55,600 Speaker 2: the all such vehicles to be registered and regulated, including 655 00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:58,800 Speaker 2: gas powered motor scooters, e bikes, and electric stand up scooters. 656 00:37:58,920 --> 00:38:01,920 Speaker 2: Contact your state of your town representatives and demand they 657 00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:05,719 Speaker 2: take actions. We should not have to fear walking down 658 00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:09,480 Speaker 2: the sidewalk or crossing the street, and I do now. 659 00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:12,520 Speaker 2: I love to walk. It's my pleasure, it's my thing, 660 00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:18,880 Speaker 2: it's my pastime, it's my health activity. And now it 661 00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:22,040 Speaker 2: is more dangerous. It's probably more dangerous than driving on 662 00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:25,480 Speaker 2: Route once twenty eight, way more dangerous than flying. It's 663 00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:29,560 Speaker 2: the most dangerous thing I do walking down the street, 664 00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:34,080 Speaker 2: crossing the road. The most dangerous thing I do not 665 00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:37,640 Speaker 2: because of automobiles, not because of regular bicycles, but because 666 00:38:37,680 --> 00:38:43,359 Speaker 2: of powered two wheel vehicles and because of my community's 667 00:38:44,120 --> 00:38:48,640 Speaker 2: lack of commitment to do anything about it. So you 668 00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:50,840 Speaker 2: going to cvs or stores, you start to see some 669 00:38:51,680 --> 00:38:56,520 Speaker 2: Halloween decorations, and the next hour is all about Halloween stuff, 670 00:38:57,360 --> 00:39:00,400 Speaker 2: including what you think I'm gonna take a little, Oh, 671 00:39:00,520 --> 00:39:03,759 Speaker 2: your favorite Halloween movie. We'll talk Halloween movies, but other 672 00:39:03,760 --> 00:39:06,960 Speaker 2: stuff related to Halloween. So think about that and we'll 673 00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:10,040 Speaker 2: continue after this on WBZ News Radio ten thirty