Word: bicyclist
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...interest in the department first erupted last January, after parents of 10 Black youths accused police of an unjustified roundup of their children because they are Black. The youths, aged 12 to 17, were arrested and booked in Central Square following a charge that two Blacks assaulted a white bicyclist. Parents said the arresting officers did not allow any of the children to call their parents (Police officials contend the youths chose not to call home, but were offered the chance to do so). Within just weeks, the police were involved in a similar incident of alleged harassment...
WITH A SHRILL blast on the whistle between his teeth the bicyclist announces his apporoach. He whizzes between a Chevy parked at the curb and a bread truck pulled up at the red light and heads into the intersection. There is an oncoming car in the cross street but it is still half a block away, and with a couple of quick pumps on the pedals, the bicyclist is clear...
...Bicyclists have to remember that they are a lot more vulnerable then cars are and if an accident occurs, they are likely to lose. A car bicycle collision might scratch a car's paint job, but it will do a lot more than scratch the bicyclist's face. Bikes are hard for drivers to see, and weaving in and out of traffic or moving against the flow is practically begging...
...Many bicyclists are hit by cars each year, but they too can cause accidents. A driver's first reaction when a bike appears unexpectedly in front of him is to swerve or hit the breaks. The bicyclist may escape unharmed but leave a fender-bender or a far worse casualty in his wake...
...bicyclist was hit by a car Monday morning in front of the Lampoon building on the corner of Linden and Mount Auburn Streets, a Cambridge police spokesman said yesterday. Frank Calogero said that Lynne McGalliard, 25, of Cambridge was making a left turn from Linden Street to Mount Auburn Street when she struck Photina Rec, 21, who of Cambridge. Ree was bicycling along Mount Auburn Street at the time...