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<v Speaker 1>It's Night Side with Dan Ray w B Boston's new

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<v Speaker 1>video Dan Watkins.

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<v Speaker 2>What station. I was trying to watch the game out

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<v Speaker 2>of the corner of my eye and I couldn't find it.

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<v Speaker 2>They were on TNT. You tn T tonight, TNT. Oh

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<v Speaker 2>missed it? Okay, if I had seen it, they would

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<v Speaker 2>have won. I'm kind of their good luck Tron. That's

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<v Speaker 2>that's what happened exactly. Maybe was it those three points?

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe they would have only missed forty four.

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<v Speaker 2>And they, oh, well, I'll get him again. I my

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<v Speaker 2>TV was pushing me to some pay per view deal

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<v Speaker 2>when it was like, I don't like that.

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<v Speaker 3>That's strange.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I got to get back to TNT. Okay, gotta

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<v Speaker 2>remember that one for Wednesday night. All right, Thanks Dan,

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<v Speaker 2>appreciate it as always. Thank you much, my friend, of course.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks all right, Gonna change topics last hour again. My

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<v Speaker 2>thanks to Jamie Gass of the Pioneer Institute. It's a

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<v Speaker 2>great organization. It's really grown. It's called the Pioneer Institute

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<v Speaker 2>dot org. All one word, Pioneer Institute dot org. Check

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<v Speaker 2>them out. They are really smart people who want what

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<v Speaker 2>is best for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Most of the

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<v Speaker 2>politicians up there at the State House are not very

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<v Speaker 2>smart people, nor do they want what is best. They

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<v Speaker 2>want what is best for themselves, and that is the difference.

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<v Speaker 2>So whatever the Pioneer Institute lines up on an issue,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm generally on their side. So I would suggest that

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<v Speaker 2>you check them out. And well, that was a really

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<v Speaker 2>good hour. Jamie Gass is a really well spoken guy

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<v Speaker 2>and a representative of the Pioneer Institute. So I got

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<v Speaker 2>to tell you a story here. Okay, my best hours,

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<v Speaker 2>I think are experiences that I have had, and uh,

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<v Speaker 2>this was an experience which really bothered me. Yesterday I

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<v Speaker 2>was heading to the gym on Sunday morning and I

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<v Speaker 2>was stopped at the light. Again, it doesn't matter where,

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<v Speaker 2>but I will tell you in case you know the

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<v Speaker 2>area Lake Street and Washington Street. And I just went

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<v Speaker 2>by what's called Rogers Park, a ball field, big big

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<v Speaker 2>ball field in Brighton on my right and come up

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<v Speaker 2>to a red light. And it just so happened on

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<v Speaker 2>a Sunday morning that traffic's pretty light. So normally when

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<v Speaker 2>I missed that light on the fifth or sixth car,

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<v Speaker 2>but I was number one. I was the first waiting

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<v Speaker 2>for the light to change, and I am what you

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<v Speaker 2>call a fairly defensive driver. I like to try to

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<v Speaker 2>assume that there are other people on the road who

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<v Speaker 2>are not paying attention. And you know, again, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>want to jinx myself. Believe me. I'm I'm a little

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<v Speaker 2>still concerned about even talking about this issue. But I

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<v Speaker 2>think it's important, and if you think it's important, i'd

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<v Speaker 2>like to have you join me. So as the light

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<v Speaker 2>turns green, And before it turned green, I noticed in

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<v Speaker 2>the distance to my right on Washington Street heading towards

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<v Speaker 2>Lake Street, and it looked like a pretty good clip

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<v Speaker 2>and a guy on a bike. Now, I'm going to

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<v Speaker 2>tell you the guy in the bike was not a kid. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>he probably was sixty years old, maybe more, I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>He was flying, he was flying. He was dressed kind

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<v Speaker 2>of disheveled. It almost looked, you know, as I saw

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<v Speaker 2>him that it looked like he was wearing pajamas and

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<v Speaker 2>a bathrobe. I don't know, maybe it was maybe it was,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I don't know. He looked a little disheveled.

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<v Speaker 2>And when the light turned green, I started to roll

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<v Speaker 2>into the intersection, but I rolled in more slowly than

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<v Speaker 2>I normally would again, I wasn't in a rush. This

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<v Speaker 2>guy on his bike blew through the red light. Never looked,

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<v Speaker 2>never looked, never slowed down. He blew through that red light.

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<v Speaker 2>I gotta tell you, if I had not noticed him,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know why I did, but I did, and

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<v Speaker 2>and I was watching, and when the light turned, I

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<v Speaker 2>had I assumed that, well, this guy, maybe he was

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<v Speaker 2>going to stop, but I wasn't sure, so I waited.

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<v Speaker 2>And of course, as he flew by me, and again

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<v Speaker 2>the light had turned, now for three or four seconds.

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<v Speaker 2>This wasn't a light that turned quickly. I blasted him

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<v Speaker 2>on my horn. Okay, I mean I wanted to wake

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<v Speaker 2>the guy up because I was afraid he was going

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<v Speaker 2>to roll through another red light. The point of my

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<v Speaker 2>story is you have to be so concerned drive, but

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<v Speaker 2>you have to be so concerned with a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>the bicyclists who do not care about the lights. All

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<v Speaker 2>of us have sat at red lights patiently in our

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<v Speaker 2>cars when someone has slid by us on the right

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<v Speaker 2>in some cases slowed down or maybe even come to

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<v Speaker 2>a full stop, and they just proceeded through the red light. Which,

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<v Speaker 2>of course, if you did that or I did that,

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<v Speaker 2>there would be a police officer who would pull us

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<v Speaker 2>over and ride us a ticket immediately for running a

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<v Speaker 2>red light. But this guy yesterday, I don't know if

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<v Speaker 2>he realizes that maybe after I blasted my horn at him,

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<v Speaker 2>he did, he would have hit me broadside. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>there would have been no way that I could have

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<v Speaker 2>even if I, well, I guess I could have if

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<v Speaker 2>I wasn't paying attention, I theoretically could have could could

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<v Speaker 2>have hit him. But the chances are that if I

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<v Speaker 2>had just proceeded through the red light and wasn't paying attention,

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<v Speaker 2>this guy would have hurt himself into my car and

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<v Speaker 2>he would not have survived it. I mean, at the

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<v Speaker 2>speed that he was going was really fast, never ever

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<v Speaker 2>slowed down. So the point of the story is to

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<v Speaker 2>emphasize to everybody that the bicyclists have taken over the roadways.

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<v Speaker 2>We have lost. Okay, those of us who drive vehicles,

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<v Speaker 2>we have lost. We did not come together and express

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<v Speaker 2>our rights as drivers to be able, which we pay

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<v Speaker 2>for the roads. Of course, the bicyclists don't pay for

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<v Speaker 2>the roads. Oh, we all pay taxes. I get that,

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<v Speaker 2>I get that, But we pay excise tax on our cars.

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<v Speaker 2>We pay insurance. We pay to register our cars every year,

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<v Speaker 2>we pay for inspections, none of which the bike riders

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<v Speaker 2>the bicyclists pay for. But look, the last thing any

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<v Speaker 2>of us want to do is find ourselves in an

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<v Speaker 2>accident with a bicyclist, because you were always going to

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<v Speaker 2>be blamed for it. And if I had gone through

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<v Speaker 2>that red light without that green light, I should say,

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<v Speaker 2>which I had without paying attention, he would have blown

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<v Speaker 2>through the red light and either hurtled himself over my car.

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<v Speaker 2>And I don't want that on my conscience. To be

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<v Speaker 2>really honest with you, I have a responsibility to other people.

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<v Speaker 2>I have to assume that when you go down the

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<v Speaker 2>street with cars on both sides, be careful. Someone's dog

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<v Speaker 2>might run out, some little kid might run out. But

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<v Speaker 2>the problem that I deal with all the time are

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<v Speaker 2>the bicyclist. They're out of control, they have been made

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<v Speaker 2>to feel the masters of the road, they have been

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<v Speaker 2>made to that they're impervious to any sort of an injury.

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<v Speaker 2>And because even if they do get injured, the insurance

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<v Speaker 2>for your car on my car will cover it. But

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<v Speaker 2>this guy yesterday, again, this is not some kid. This

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<v Speaker 2>is not some nineteen year old kid who was just

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<v Speaker 2>going as fast he was going, like they would say,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, that's out of hell. I mean, it was

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<v Speaker 2>as simple as that he was going. He was probably

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<v Speaker 2>going over the speed limit, the motor vehicle speed limit

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<v Speaker 2>that would require, which I assume is like probably twenty

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<v Speaker 2>five miles an hour. He was going at least thirty

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<v Speaker 2>miles an hour, maybe more, maybe more. He was on

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<v Speaker 2>a downhill, if you know the terrain that I'm talking about,

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<v Speaker 2>Lake Street crosses Washington Street, and maybe he lost control.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know. He should have been out on a bike.

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<v Speaker 2>If he lost control, it was just insanity. And I

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<v Speaker 2>thought to myself, thank God, and I do mean thank God.

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<v Speaker 2>That's something in my head said give a peek to

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<v Speaker 2>the right, because once I saw him, I breaked. Slowed

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<v Speaker 2>down initially, and then I breaked in the middle of

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<v Speaker 2>the intersection because I wanted nothing to do with this dude.

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<v Speaker 2>Six one seven, two, five, four ten thirty six one

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<v Speaker 2>seven nine three one ten thirty. I know we haven't

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<v Speaker 2>talked about the bicyclist lately, but look, it's May fifth,

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<v Speaker 2>by the way, Happy sinker Tomaio. For those of you

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<v Speaker 2>who are celebrating the holiday, uh, and I just would

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<v Speaker 2>love to hear from you if you've had a near

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<v Speaker 2>death experience. I mean, it was scary. It was I

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<v Speaker 2>went to the gym, focused on my gym workout and said,

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<v Speaker 2>thank god that somebody was Something was in the back

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<v Speaker 2>of my mind that said check the right because I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know why normally I would anyway. Maybe other times

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<v Speaker 2>I've checked it and there was nothing. They are blowing

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<v Speaker 2>through the intersection. But this dude was doing twenty five

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<v Speaker 2>to thirty miles an hour on a bike. Look like

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<v Speaker 2>he was in a house code or pajamas or something

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<v Speaker 2>like that. I don't know. And if he's out there,

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<v Speaker 2>I saved your life yesterday, Powell, and you didn't care.

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<v Speaker 2>You did not care. And don't kill yourself on someone

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<v Speaker 2>else's car. Wake up and smell the coffee. Six seven

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<v Speaker 2>two thirty six one seven nine three one ten thirty.

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<v Speaker 2>It's it's just gotten worse every year. It's gotten worse.

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<v Speaker 2>The bicyclists, they will give you some hand signal and

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<v Speaker 2>then they just move. They don't wait and wonder if

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<v Speaker 2>you know what the what the hand signal meant or whatever.

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<v Speaker 2>They they are the kings of the Kings and queens

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<v Speaker 2>of the road and you drivers at Massachusetts, you are

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<v Speaker 2>a mere inconvenience they need to deal with. Join the conversation.

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<v Speaker 2>I love to hear from you six one seven two

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<v Speaker 2>thirty or six one seven, nine three, one ten thirty

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<v Speaker 2>back on night Side. If you had one of these

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<v Speaker 2>experiences lately, feel free to share. And if you're a

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<v Speaker 2>bicyclist and you feel that that some some driver did

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<v Speaker 2>not exercise sufficient care and caution and actually jeopardized you,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm willing to hear from you as well. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>want anyone to get hurt. Coming back on.

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<v Speaker 1>Nightside, you're on night Side with Dan Ray on you

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<v Speaker 2>I was trying to describe this guy yesterday. I mean, uh,

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<v Speaker 2>he almost had that look of the nutty professor type look,

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<v Speaker 2>if you know what I'm saying. As I say, I

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't sure if he's in like a long coat or

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<v Speaker 2>a bathrobe or something in pajamas. But he was just

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<v Speaker 2>flying down Washington Street and if you know that part

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<v Speaker 2>of the uh the city in Brighton, heading towards Oak

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<v Speaker 2>Square just blew through that light, never slowed down. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know, I just thank god I saw him. That's

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<v Speaker 2>all I can say. Simple as that. Let's go to

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<v Speaker 2>the phone. It's going to go to Phil in Boston. Phil,

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<v Speaker 2>welcome first this hour and night side.

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<v Speaker 4>Phil, how I made first? Dan, I'm so glad you

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<v Speaker 4>brought this up. I'm surprised you and that's never happened before.

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<v Speaker 2>Never this bad, Phil, Phil. To be honest with you,

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<v Speaker 2>I've seen plenty of bike rider. Absolutely this guy. This guy,

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<v Speaker 2>First of all, he didn't even recognize the red light. Phil.

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<v Speaker 2>He just was coming down there like he was at

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<v Speaker 2>the Indy five hundred or he thought he was five

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<v Speaker 2>hundred and just blew through the light. And I'm telling you, Phil,

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<v Speaker 2>if I had proceeded through that intersection as I normally would,

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<v Speaker 2>if I hadn't noticed him, I would have either had

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<v Speaker 2>him as a hood ornament, or he would have just

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<v Speaker 2>killed himself and hurled himself over the car.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, because you're a bus owner and you're you're cautious,

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<v Speaker 4>and then chatting is you got the guy behind you?

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<v Speaker 4>You the goal, so you get hit, You hit the guy.

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<v Speaker 4>It's unbelievable.

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<v Speaker 2>The funny thing about it, the traffic was so light.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if there was a guy behind me,

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<v Speaker 2>to be honest with you, I don't know. I get

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<v Speaker 2>that he didn't care about stopping. And when he was

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<v Speaker 2>my car, you know, five feet in front of me.

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<v Speaker 2>He had plenty of room. I hit that horn. Phil.

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<v Speaker 4>Let me tell you, jeez, they carried they carry things

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<v Speaker 4>to throw at you. They'll lock your wins you, they'll

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<v Speaker 4>lock your rear view me. I'm telling you it's they

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<v Speaker 4>don't even give poessions a break, like you say, the

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<v Speaker 4>King of the road. Eventually, they don't want anybody driving.

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<v Speaker 4>They don't want a driving bikes, absolutely no.

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<v Speaker 2>And they had been empowered by the politicians. The powered

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<v Speaker 2>by the way the politicians. You know, the politicians always

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<v Speaker 2>You're not the kings of the road.

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<v Speaker 4>The weak or two. Yeah, the ends alone, I believe

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<v Speaker 4>ends Loan. Years ago, someone that office that got hit

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<v Speaker 4>by a bike, a ninja w a ninja, a courier

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<v Speaker 4>almost killed. I was not killed. And they had a

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<v Speaker 4>That lasted about a week. Like you say, then, I

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<v Speaker 4>was walking on Necummings Highway on Washing Street on the

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<v Speaker 4>a bike on the sidewalk. I was on the sidewalk,

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<v Speaker 4>which I did not know that my back was to them.

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<v Speaker 4>And it's happened before to me. He came with him

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<v Speaker 4>just on knocking me off the standing and I yelled

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<v Speaker 4>at him. And now I'm in a beaf with this guy.

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<v Speaker 4>Know who he was. He calls me the certain words

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<v Speaker 4>I'll be I'm guessing though it's no one cares anymore.

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<v Speaker 2>Dan, that's the problem. Field and I'm trying to wake

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<v Speaker 2>people up here a little bit. I feel that that

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<v Speaker 2>the drivers, the people who drive automobiles, you know, pay

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<v Speaker 2>pay sales taxes, pay sales taxes, size taxes, insurance. The

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<v Speaker 2>politicians don't care about them. We have a group called

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<v Speaker 2>Triple A. I'm a member of Triple A, right, But

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<v Speaker 2>Triple A doesn't do anything about this. All they want

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<v Speaker 2>to do is collect my dues and hopefully and hope

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<v Speaker 2>that I don't call for Doe.

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<v Speaker 4>That's a good prince. Yeah right, no, but no, but

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<v Speaker 4>I'm so glad it brought it up. I know nothing's

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<v Speaker 4>gonna be done about it. It's just almost just survival,

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<v Speaker 4>miss Dan. I saw several vehicles set pedal bikes. The

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<v Speaker 4>guy has his family and the back with a self

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<v Speaker 4>and I'm sure he's a good driver, you mine as

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<v Speaker 4>a lass, but he's gonna be a complete idiot. People

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<v Speaker 4>are driving and then they got the mopeds on the bike.

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<v Speaker 4>No one knows what the rules are. You'll seek to

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<v Speaker 4>a carpo. I don't know that. That's a simple thing.

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<v Speaker 4>We don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh no, no, I know what the rules are I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna give you the rules. Simple. The rules are that

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<v Speaker 2>people who drive automobiles better comply with every every traffic obligation.

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<v Speaker 2>If you drive a bike, do whatever the hell you want.

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<v Speaker 4>That should be made for a good political statement for

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<v Speaker 4>someone who's running for some kind of an office. I'm

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<v Speaker 4>telling you, but it is getting out a hand in

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<v Speaker 4>and someone's gonna get cleaned or have your life rules.

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<v Speaker 2>This guy almost bought the farm yesterday, and I gotta

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<v Speaker 2>tell you, I, you know, look, I Phil, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>want to be in that situation.

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<v Speaker 4>Got problems.

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<v Speaker 2>It's as simple as that. You got it. Hey, Peil,

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<v Speaker 2>appreciate you calling me and we'll talk about Appreciate it

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<v Speaker 2>very much. All right, we got to take a quick

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<v Speaker 2>break here. We're coming up in the news, and I

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<v Speaker 2>want to short circuit anyone. I've got one line open

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<v Speaker 2>at six one seven, nine, three, one, ten thirty, and

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<v Speaker 2>I got a couple lines open at six one, seven, two, five,

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<v Speaker 2>four ten thirty. If you still drive a car, I'd

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<v Speaker 2>love to know what your experience has been and what

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<v Speaker 2>you would have done. I hoped that everyone would have

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<v Speaker 2>seen this guy coming and spared his life. I felt that,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I could have been half asleep. I guess

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<v Speaker 2>I could have been not paying attention. I could have

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<v Speaker 2>been listening to the radio. But thank god I saw him,

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<v Speaker 2>and I just had a feeling. I said, this guy's

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<v Speaker 2>not going to stop, and I figured and I was right.

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<v Speaker 2>He didn't stop. He he may have lost his ear

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<v Speaker 2>drum because I blasted him. Because I hope he woke up,

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<v Speaker 2>and I hope he realized how close he came to

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<v Speaker 2>buy in the farm if someone hadn't paid attention. We'll

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<v Speaker 2>take a quick break coming right back on Nightside, right

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<v Speaker 2>after the news at the bottom of the hour.

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<v Speaker 1>It's night Side, Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 2>And by the way, I just want to emphasize, this

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<v Speaker 2>was not some kid driving the bike. This guy was

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<v Speaker 2>at least sixty, maybe more money. No helmet that I recognized,

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<v Speaker 2>and as they say, he looked like he was wearing

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<v Speaker 2>pjs A in a bathrobe. I don't know. Maybe he

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<v Speaker 2>was in a different sort of get up. I don't know,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe he was heading to church on a Sunday morning.

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<v Speaker 2>But I'll tell you, anyone who was not paying attention

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<v Speaker 2>could have easily hit the guy. He was not stopping,

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<v Speaker 2>and he had the red light for about five or

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<v Speaker 2>six seconds. It wasn't like the red. The light just

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<v Speaker 2>turned red. Now there was a younger person driving a

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<v Speaker 2>car who maybe wasn't as attentive. Could have been lights

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<v Speaker 2>out for this dude. And if he's listening, you were

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<v Speaker 2>very lucky. My friend Crash in Boston. Oh, I'm sure

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<v Speaker 2>with a name like Crash, this guy's going to be

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<v Speaker 2>a character. Go ahead, Crash.

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<v Speaker 5>Well, my last name is actually Gordon, so I'm not

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<v Speaker 5>Flash Gordon.

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<v Speaker 2>Crash.

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<v Speaker 5>I am Crash Gordon. But honestly, the arrogance of the

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<v Speaker 5>majority of people. I've ridden my bicycles all over the country,

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<v Speaker 5>and I've driven my trucks. I'm waiting for a team suspension.

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<v Speaker 5>I've ridden my motorcycles. The majority of people are not

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<v Speaker 5>focused on what they're doing, no matter what they're operating.

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<v Speaker 5>It's like the three fingers shop teacher. Hey don't do this, well,

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<v Speaker 5>how did you do it?

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<v Speaker 2>Show me and let me ask you this. I'm telling

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<v Speaker 2>this story straight up. Okay, I'm not saying that I've

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<v Speaker 2>never made a mistake driving, but I'm not an If

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<v Speaker 2>this guy's blowing through a red light on a Sunday.

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<v Speaker 5>Morn that is ignorant, and a lot of bicycle riders

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<v Speaker 5>that think they're impervious and you don't have enough patting.

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<v Speaker 5>You hit the wall, kid, and it fell down on

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<v Speaker 5>you after you hit it, because he knock it down.

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<v Speaker 5>This is the arrogance of the majority of what you're

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<v Speaker 5>going to encounter, and the biggest problem is half of

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<v Speaker 5>it's so distracted when in his own thinking doesn't even

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<v Speaker 5>have to be on the phone. Yeah, the guy probably

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<v Speaker 5>got kicked in ahead by a butterfly and he was

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<v Speaker 5>still following the flight. He went on the field drip.

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<v Speaker 2>Because I watched this guy and I just he caught

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<v Speaker 2>my eye. He was going so fast and I thought

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<v Speaker 2>to myself initially, he's never going to be able to stop.

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<v Speaker 2>So the light turns green. I roll into the intersection

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<v Speaker 2>really slowly. Normally I just would have proceeded through the intersection,

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<v Speaker 2>but I said, and at some point, I just at.

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<v Speaker 5>Least you took down one second of momentary reason to

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<v Speaker 5>realize anything can happen at any given time. But a

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<v Speaker 5>lot of people outplugged.

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<v Speaker 6>In like that.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I feel sorry. I don't know what sort of

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<v Speaker 2>trucks you drove, but often we'll hear in Cambridge, there's

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<v Speaker 2>been an accident of bicyclist drove under the front the

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<v Speaker 2>trucks taking a right and the bicyclist just tried to

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<v Speaker 2>blow by the truck on the right side and didn't fight.

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<v Speaker 5>Well, the one that ran in front of the trolley, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 5>luckless pedestrian in that respect.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, well that really did.

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<v Speaker 5>So that luckless pedestrian I just wasn't paying it to

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<v Speaker 5>or I just didn't care. And the air again, a

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<v Speaker 5>lot of bicycle riders. Look at what they just did

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<v Speaker 5>in this little town down the road to Spin. They're

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<v Speaker 5>taking away sixty percent of the parking to make a

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<v Speaker 5>bicycle lane and have these idiots don't even use the

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<v Speaker 2>Well that will, we see that. But we've lost that

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<v Speaker 2>as drivers, we've lost the argument because the politicians basically

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<v Speaker 2>do whatever.

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<v Speaker 5>The biketotical on this one. Yeah, and Michel Woo screwed

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<v Speaker 5>up every bicyclist in the city. She gave them the

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<v Speaker 5>sense of entitlement. Now they're encroaching upon parking spaces. Well,

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<v Speaker 5>there's more vehicles than they're all bicyclists.

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<v Speaker 2>And a huge by the way, by a huge multiple.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not like it's sixty forty, it's like.

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<v Speaker 5>Oh, roll beyond reproach, all right, now it's like eighty twenty.

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<v Speaker 5>And the bicyclists do not own the road. Hell, the

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<v Speaker 5>carse the hell a lot bigger than you are, and

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<v Speaker 5>you want to get in the way of it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, man, if they don't pay for the roads at all,

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<v Speaker 2>those are taxes. So don't they.

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<v Speaker 5>Get the driving fees or you're not saying any taxes?

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<v Speaker 5>No gas shore with the aggressive the aggressive scooter drivers too.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean I've ridden motorcycles, okay, and yeah, I never

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<v Speaker 5>got hit on my motorcycle because I didn't want to crash.

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<v Speaker 2>I know you've never called before because I've never had

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<v Speaker 2>a crash. The only person who I've ever known was

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<v Speaker 2>crash was Crash Davis uh In uh In the baseball

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<v Speaker 2>bull Durham uh And so we got to keep him

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<v Speaker 2>as a first time caller. Run of the Claws.

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<v Speaker 5>Oh yay, Do I get a T shirt?

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<v Speaker 2>Unfortunately, on another night you might have but not denied crash.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sorry, man, It's all good.

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<v Speaker 5>Don't sweated, but.

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<v Speaker 2>Those from our friends in college.

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<v Speaker 5>But the Celtics lost.

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<v Speaker 2>Celtics to listen.

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<v Speaker 5>To something good? Yeah, they did. Tonight one.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, just game one.

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<v Speaker 5>We'll beat the nurse.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's hope. Let's hope.

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<v Speaker 5>Good to you and God bless and just keep an

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<v Speaker 5>eye out. I'm dropping my left eye and I got

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<v Speaker 5>no peripheral hearing.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, thanks, thanks Crash. I enjoyed that call. Where

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<v Speaker 2>we got to go neck. Let me go to Steve

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<v Speaker 2>and Brockton. Steve you next night side welcome, go right ahead.

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<v Speaker 6>Steve, Hi Dan, thanks for kind taking my call home.

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<v Speaker 6>Excuse me, excuse me. I just had to call because

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<v Speaker 6>when I was sixteen years old living in Brockton, and

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<v Speaker 6>we're talking in the seventies, put it right, about nineteen

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<v Speaker 6>seventy five.

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<v Speaker 5>I was, I was.

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<v Speaker 6>I had my shorts on, no shirt, no shoes. I

424
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<v Speaker 6>came over with the hill of the main street, downtown

425
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<v Speaker 6>Main Street, doing about thirty miles an hour, hit the hintersection,

426
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<v Speaker 6>got hit by a Lincoln Continental owned by one of

427
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<v Speaker 6>the boxing guys in Brocklyn too. He hit me.

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<v Speaker 3>He hit me.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, the last the last thing I saw before I

430
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<v Speaker 6>hit the pavement was Lincoln Continental. Is he hit him

431
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<v Speaker 6>hit me with the front of the car. So I

432
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<v Speaker 6>ended up. I end up on the sidewalk passed out

433
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<v Speaker 6>without cold. I opened my eyes and it's all my

434
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<v Speaker 6>friends are all standing around like what happened? What happened?

435
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<v Speaker 6>This is like eleven o'clock at night.

436
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<v Speaker 5>And so I.

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<v Speaker 2>Really dumb boy, sixty dumb question. What were you doing

438
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<v Speaker 2>riding a bike at eleven o'clock? You were on a bike,

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<v Speaker 2>I assume, right, yeah?

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<v Speaker 6>What were a beautiful beautiful I'm beautiful. I love this bike.

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<v Speaker 6>It was a motor Pacan here of those.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, the question is eleven o'clock at night?

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<v Speaker 6>Come on, well you know what do you what?

444
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<v Speaker 4>What?

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<v Speaker 6>What else was I doing at that at the time

446
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<v Speaker 6>of the night? You think.

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<v Speaker 2>Were you drinking? No?

448
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<v Speaker 6>No, hell, we couldn't drink back then. It was eighteen eighteen.

449
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<v Speaker 2>There were peanuts. He drank under the age of eighteen

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<v Speaker 2>back then. I hate to break it to you, stave.

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<v Speaker 6>Well, yeah you couldn't. You couldn't. It had to be

452
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<v Speaker 6>kind of yeah, you would come.

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<v Speaker 2>You were coming home from your girlfriend's house, right, yeah, yeah,

454
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<v Speaker 2>I figured it out, okay, And and you were so

455
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<v Speaker 2>in love that they didn't see the car that hit you.

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<v Speaker 2>Did that? The thing is, did you let me ask?

457
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<v Speaker 2>I don't want to joke about it. First, did you

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<v Speaker 2>did you recover from whatever injuries you you sustained?

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<v Speaker 5>I had.

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<v Speaker 6>They took me in an ambulance to Brogden Hospital. I

461
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<v Speaker 6>had road burns over like eighty percent of my body.

462
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<v Speaker 6>I was I was unconscious, okay, and I woke up.

463
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<v Speaker 6>I tell my buddies there was like, am I in heaven?

464
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<v Speaker 6>He goes, no, this is Donnie. But Donnie, what are

465
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<v Speaker 6>you doing in heaven? What are you doing here? Is

466
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<v Speaker 6>goldna be here? So they dragged me off and took

467
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<v Speaker 6>care of me. But make a long story short. What

468
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<v Speaker 6>hit me about the situation is the guy who hit

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<v Speaker 6>me is just as to blame is me because he

470
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<v Speaker 6>jumped the light. I came. I came flying down the

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<v Speaker 6>hill doing like thirty miles an hour. Like you say,

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<v Speaker 6>good speed. I was that was traveling. Yeah, went right through.

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<v Speaker 6>He went right through the intersection, so I ignored the intersection.

474
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<v Speaker 6>He jumped the light of the other intersection coming the

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<v Speaker 6>other way.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sorry.

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<v Speaker 6>I was going southbound, he was going east. He jumped

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<v Speaker 6>in and he hit me and put me on the

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<v Speaker 6>on the sidewalk.

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<v Speaker 2>How long were you in the hospital for?

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<v Speaker 6>Uh, Well, it probably took like well six to seven

482
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<v Speaker 6>hours just to get seen in that at that time,

483
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<v Speaker 6>it was a horrible down barked in the hospital.

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<v Speaker 2>Lucky you're alive.

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<v Speaker 6>Oh yeah, yeah, I know. No major damage, just road burns.

486
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<v Speaker 2>Did did they cover whoever hit or cover your injuries?

487
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<v Speaker 2>Medical bills?

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah? I managed to do that. I managed to get

489
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<v Speaker 6>that covered. And I actually had him replace my bicycle,

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<v Speaker 6>which was a motive a cane. Like I told you,

491
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<v Speaker 6>it's like a three hundred dollars motiv a cane.

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<v Speaker 2>Three hundred dollars was really three hundred dollars.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, oh yeah, yeah, yeah yeah yeah.

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<v Speaker 7>Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me ask you, what's the lesson? What is the

496
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<v Speaker 2>lesson that you took from that incident? What's the lesson

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<v Speaker 2>did you leave with our audience tonight?

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<v Speaker 6>Well, I would I would say that everybody has to

499
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<v Speaker 6>share the road, and if it takes putting an officer

500
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<v Speaker 6>of some sort like a parking we used to that.

501
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<v Speaker 6>We said what you called what you call you basic

502
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<v Speaker 6>registry officers back then. So not only did you have

503
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<v Speaker 6>to watch out for corps while you were driving, make

504
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<v Speaker 6>sure you were driving good for them, you had to

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<v Speaker 6>be careful for the registry officers too. But they did

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<v Speaker 6>away with them. I think it was Bill Weld. He

507
00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:29.920
<v Speaker 6>decided that we didn't need them anymore. Ever since Bill

508
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<v Speaker 6>Weld took over, the traffic situation in Massachusetts has gone downhill.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, i'll word it was actually occurred. The consolidation of

510
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<v Speaker 2>the Registry and the state Police as well as police

511
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<v Speaker 2>occurred under Billy Vultup. But anyway, Steve, I'm glad you

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm glad you called in tonight, and I appreciate

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<v Speaker 2>you taking the time.

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<v Speaker 6>What they want to do is we do need, we

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<v Speaker 6>do need better. What I'm getting at is what we

516
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<v Speaker 6>need is better. Uh, these people on the street keep

517
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<v Speaker 6>been keeping away.

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<v Speaker 2>We tell you what we need. We need people to

519
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<v Speaker 2>be awake. We need people to be awake. Okay. We

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<v Speaker 2>need the bike riders not to feel that they own

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<v Speaker 2>the roads. And we need the drivers, the automobile drivers

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<v Speaker 2>to be aware that there were people out there who

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<v Speaker 2>do really dumb things and.

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<v Speaker 6>You give them tickets.

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<v Speaker 5>You give him tickets.

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<v Speaker 6>One in my life should.

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<v Speaker 2>Take Thank you, Steve, appreciate your call. Be well, thanks

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<v Speaker 2>my friend. Talk to you soon. We'll take a quick

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<v Speaker 2>break back on night Side. Right after this.

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<v Speaker 1>It's Night Side with Boston's News Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, we're going to try to get everybody in who's

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<v Speaker 2>on the line, So let's start it off with Robert

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<v Speaker 2>and Wellesley. Robert, you were next on Nightside. Welcome.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, good evening.

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<v Speaker 6>Dan.

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<v Speaker 3>I like to commend you for being a safe driver

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<v Speaker 3>and avoiding that accident.

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<v Speaker 2>It scared the heck out of me, It really did.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, I was when I scared the heck out

540
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<v Speaker 3>of me too, and I want to commend you the

541
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<v Speaker 3>way you handle it. I sympathize with your feelings in

542
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<v Speaker 3>the more matter. I wonder if you'd be interested. And

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<v Speaker 3>I've also found it interesting listening to your callers and

544
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<v Speaker 3>their their perspectives, including UH, Stephen Brockton and crash and

545
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<v Speaker 3>Crash Gordon, and I sort of like to like that.

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<v Speaker 3>I'd sort of like to give the perspective of not

547
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<v Speaker 3>only a motorist and a pedestrian because I've had scares

548
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<v Speaker 3>that way from cyclists, but also as someone who's done

549
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<v Speaker 3>cycling and also also done running and has had some

550
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<v Speaker 3>interactions with with vehicles. Even though I was doing my

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<v Speaker 3>utmost to operate according to you know, the rules for

552
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<v Speaker 3>both cyclists and UH and monners.

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<v Speaker 2>Grow ahead, you don't have to ask permission. Go ahead, Broly.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, anyways, I think there's real misunderstanding antagonism on on

555
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<v Speaker 3>both sides, and and I think some of your callers

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<v Speaker 3>have said it's kind of a lack of safety education

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<v Speaker 3>on all sides. And we you I can I can

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<v Speaker 3>recall one time myne of my own business on a

559
00:31:08.079 --> 00:31:12.559
<v Speaker 3>on a on a bicycle and uh uh, some guy

560
00:31:12.680 --> 00:31:16.039
<v Speaker 3>came out of nowhere in a white undershirt and felt

561
00:31:16.079 --> 00:31:18.960
<v Speaker 3>the needs tell me that the bicycle belonged up on

562
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<v Speaker 3>the on the sidewalk, which as a vehicle it really

563
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<v Speaker 3>doesn't belong on. So I was not supposed to be there.

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<v Speaker 3>And I want to tell you that cyclist was way

565
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<v Speaker 3>out of out of wine and not only should have

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<v Speaker 3>been sided, but depending depending on perhaps depending on the municipality,

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00:31:36.799 --> 00:31:41.000
<v Speaker 3>could have been cited for driving recklessly like that that citation.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll tell you he was flying and it wasn't a kid,

569
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<v Speaker 2>he was an older guy. Uh And he was flying

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<v Speaker 2>and I just thank God that I picked him up.

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<v Speaker 2>Because all of us have those moments when you're not

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<v Speaker 2>paying attention. I have had those moments.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, and.

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<v Speaker 2>We all daydream something else, some other thought comes into

575
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<v Speaker 2>our mind. And we're not thinking about what we're doing,

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<v Speaker 2>and it could lead to a real problem, a real problem.

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<v Speaker 2>I can remember as young as a young dad pushing

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<v Speaker 2>my son in the baby carriage out in the roads

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<v Speaker 2>of Sherbourne and they would be these guys at ten

580
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<v Speaker 2>o'clock in the morning. I was working nights in TV

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<v Speaker 2>and I, you know, take my son. You know, he was,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean a year or two old in a baby

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<v Speaker 2>carriage and you know, the big cars coming down cut

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<v Speaker 2>through between Route sixteen and twenty seven, and they were crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean they were. It was a cut through and

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<v Speaker 2>I can remember yelling slow down, and they want to fight.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like, okay, let me put the baby carriage on

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<v Speaker 2>the side of the road here, let's have at it.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, it's like it's insane. It's insane. Hey, robin

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<v Speaker 2>Ie got a whole bunch of calls. We're going to

591
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<v Speaker 2>try to sneak in. Be well, my friend, Thank you much,

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you, good I talk to you soon. Good night.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's go next to Dave in San Antonio, Texas. Dave,

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<v Speaker 2>are they as crazy as San Antonio is up here?

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<v Speaker 1>No?

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<v Speaker 5>No, they aren't. And uh well, I had my experience

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<v Speaker 5>on a cycle as in Michigan, and we didn't have

598
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<v Speaker 5>bike lanes for as cyclists, we traveled in the lanes

599
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<v Speaker 5>of the cars if we wanted to travel with the lanes,

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<v Speaker 5>and we traveled on the side of the road or whatever.

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<v Speaker 5>I got fast enough to travel with the lanes of

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<v Speaker 5>the car. I could average thirty five forty miles an

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<v Speaker 5>hour on the slow lane. I went to work every

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<v Speaker 5>day on a bicycle doing that, and I find that

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<v Speaker 5>the motorists were very courteous of me on there. I

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<v Speaker 5>mean I was hugging the edge of the slow lane,

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<v Speaker 5>you know what I mean, yep, and they go by,

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<v Speaker 5>and it was I was never any danger to them

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<v Speaker 5>because I was going about as fast as they were.

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<v Speaker 5>Fifty five was a speed limit. I could hold forty

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<v Speaker 5>forty five all the way to work.

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<v Speaker 2>And how long in those days was your commute.

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<v Speaker 5>Thirty miles there and thirty miles home, so.

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<v Speaker 2>Would take you? If you were doing what thirty thirty

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<v Speaker 2>five forty you were getting to work in a little

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<v Speaker 2>less than an hour.

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<v Speaker 5>So that was good work, right, Yeah, And plus I

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<v Speaker 5>saved a lot of Guess why.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll bet you a lot. I bet your weather down

620
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<v Speaker 2>there better, better weather pattern than we have a little

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<v Speaker 2>hot in the summertime, but but probably the rest of

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<v Speaker 2>the year.

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<v Speaker 5>I don't blend you for your hostilities of the West.

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<v Speaker 5>That's the way cyclists are treated. Bike wings everywhere, and no,

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<v Speaker 5>that's not right. And if they if they want to

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<v Speaker 5>take a bicycle or you know, they should learn to

627
00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:34.599
<v Speaker 5>they should get you know, athletic enough to go as

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<v Speaker 5>I was fast enough on the road to weather, they're

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<v Speaker 5>not going to get hurt.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, this guy was flying, Dave. I'm telling you this guy.

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<v Speaker 5>It was.

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<v Speaker 2>It was, you know, not a steep hill, but he

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<v Speaker 2>came down an incline. He was flying, and I saw

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<v Speaker 2>the light change and I said, this guy's not stopping.

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<v Speaker 2>And I obviously had the right of way, but what

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<v Speaker 2>good did it do me to go through that intersection

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<v Speaker 2>and and either get hit by him him or have

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<v Speaker 2>him try to stop. There was no way he was

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<v Speaker 2>going to be able to effectively stop without killing himself.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, yeah, it's you know, I mean, he I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know what's going on in the guy's mind. It

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't some kid. This was a guy who was like

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<v Speaker 2>sixty sixty five years old, at least he looked that way.

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<v Speaker 5>To me, so I beget he was seventy today to dad's.

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<v Speaker 2>Crazy thirty on a Sunday morning. What was he rushing

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<v Speaker 2>to go to church? I don't know, all right, Dave,

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<v Speaker 2>I got to keep rolling here, man, gotta keep rolling. Man,

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<v Speaker 2>have a good one. Get let me get Audrey and Cambridge.

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<v Speaker 2>I'd be welcome back. How are you?

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<v Speaker 7>Oh, I'm fine. How were you?

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<v Speaker 6>Dan?

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<v Speaker 7>Oh my god, I kept calling because the line was busy.

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<v Speaker 7>You know, in Cambridge it's unbelievable. I mean, I know

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<v Speaker 7>it's everywhere, but I mean one night I might have

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<v Speaker 7>told you this before. We went up the city Hall

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<v Speaker 7>and there were hundreds, when I tell you, hundreds of

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<v Speaker 7>people like people with their helmets, with their little kids,

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<v Speaker 7>even they have little kids talking at the microphone to

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<v Speaker 7>the counselors that could barely speak right. And there were

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<v Speaker 7>only a few of us and.

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<v Speaker 2>Spandex.

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<v Speaker 5>Oh all of them.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a shame.

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<v Speaker 7>And yeah, and it was just we just wanted to

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<v Speaker 7>get the little have a little delay before they put

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<v Speaker 7>more bike lanes on our main one of the main

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<v Speaker 7>streets here, Cambond Street, And oh my gosh, they just

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<v Speaker 7>went on and on.

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<v Speaker 2>They heard a story today on BZY Radio that there's

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<v Speaker 2>some sort of a petition over there to say parking spaces.

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<v Speaker 2>Are you hip to that or no?

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<v Speaker 7>I haven't heard of it yet. I know there's one

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<v Speaker 7>section on Broadway, but don't worry, I'll be signing it.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, it was. You can check out WBZ News go

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<v Speaker 2>to our website in Boston News, uh and you can

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<v Speaker 2>find it. And I'm telling you it was, Yeah, it was.

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<v Speaker 2>It sounded like a pretty interesting story. It was a

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<v Speaker 2>significant number of signatures to save parking spaces because the

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00:36:57.320 --> 00:36:59.320
<v Speaker 2>loss of the parking spaces kills the business.

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<v Speaker 7>It is it is and they don't care. And you know,

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<v Speaker 7>when you were talking about it before, I forget the

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<v Speaker 7>when you were saying, how you know the bicycles on

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<v Speaker 7>the sidewalks? What what they did here? There's a senior

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<v Speaker 7>housing development not too far from where I am and

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<v Speaker 7>they actually put the bike lane on the sidewalk in

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<v Speaker 7>front of the senior housing. A bike doesn't it. I mean,

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<v Speaker 7>it just gets more ridiculous every day, and it's just

688
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<v Speaker 7>it's infuriating, and yet people are fighting it and fighting it.

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<v Speaker 7>And now now what they do in Cambridge. You can

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<v Speaker 7>put a building up with no parking. I mean, not

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<v Speaker 7>too long ago, you could not build a building without

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<v Speaker 7>having attic of pocketing's a building going up.

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<v Speaker 2>It's all part of a combined strategy, it really is.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a part of it.

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<v Speaker 7>It's crazy, though, but I don't get it.

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<v Speaker 5>I don't.

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<v Speaker 7>I don't get it, because why don't. At least it's

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<v Speaker 7>the bicyclists, you know, obey the traffic law laws, but

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<v Speaker 7>they don't. And I call them the II group. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 7>well that's a good one, because that's all they talk,

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<v Speaker 7>think about it as themselves. I want to do this,

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<v Speaker 7>and I want to do that, and I want to

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<v Speaker 7>ride my bike. And some of them didn't even live

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<v Speaker 7>in cambers that were up at city Hall that night.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I've told you how passed. And this goes back,

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<v Speaker 2>This goes back like thirty years. I'd be driving my

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<v Speaker 2>kids on Sunday morning to a soccer game or a

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<v Speaker 2>little league game, and I've had a few kids, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>a couple of their friends in the car, and out

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<v Speaker 2>on some of those roads in the western suburbs, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>in Westwood and Natick and places like that, you'd have

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<v Speaker 2>like these three guys dressed in the same sort of outfit.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like they were on some sort of professional sports team,

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<v Speaker 2>but they just had the same yellow spandex outfit. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>they would drive three abreast. If you come up on

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<v Speaker 2>them and you just beeped quietly, they'd turn it around,

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00:38:42.960 --> 00:38:45.159
<v Speaker 2>flashing the broad atge with kids in the backseat of

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<v Speaker 2>the car.

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<v Speaker 7>Really yeah, yeah yeah, And as other said, they so yeah,

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<v Speaker 7>oh yeah, and it's so elegant. I mean, they just

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<v Speaker 7>think that they own the road. I mean, one guy

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<v Speaker 7>one day, I mean, and I just halloed at him.

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<v Speaker 7>There's poor woman was trying to get out of the

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<v Speaker 7>arm there was like ann Chice store.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 7>Well yeah, she's just trying to pull out a little bit.

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<v Speaker 7>And a bicycle is going by and saying, hey, you

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<v Speaker 7>your blocking the road. He went. I said, you're going

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<v Speaker 7>to a red light. The guy was going to a

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<v Speaker 7>red light. No, they don't care.

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<v Speaker 2>Unfortunately I got you in before you.

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<v Speaker 7>Oh, I know, you got a kind of call us.

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<v Speaker 7>This is like a source spot with so many people.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, well thanks Audrey, talk soon. All right, all right,

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<v Speaker 2>we're gonna stick with this into the eleven o'clock hour.

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<v Speaker 2>Angelo and Tim you stay there. I got lines at

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<v Speaker 2>six one seven, two, five, four ten thirty and at

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<v Speaker 2>six one, seven, nine, ten thirty