Originally Posted by
CB HI
Keep in mind that the very first Critical Mass was in SF in part due to SFPDs handling of bike/car collisions. If I recall correctly, one of the big collisions was between a cabbie and a messenger.
And then there was that little incident where a trucker killed a messenger with a 2X4 because he was angry that a group of messengers were riding too slowly. They were on their way back from a colleagues funeral; the colleague had been killed by a motorist. (I don't think any charges were ever filed against either killer, but it has been a while, so I can't be certain.)