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By anon (not verified) - 9/14/11 - 1:06 pm#84

Silver honda coupe, older heavyset balding male driver with small, silver-rimmed glasses. I have the license plate number written down at home. What was the plate of the guy who hit you?

By pocky (not verified) - 9/14/11 - 9:13 pm#85

What was the plate of the guy who hit you?

I emailed it to you.

Dear Anon,

*WOW*, someone here is trying to mess with us. Whoever just wrote the reply saying "I emailed it to you" was not me. I did not see your reply until just now, and I did *not* email you anything. In fact, I can't see how they could have emailed you in the first place, because you posted anonymously! Hopefully the person who just posted claiming to be me is *not* the person who attacked us both!

But the car AND the gentleman *somewhat* match your description. I will NOT do any of this process online. Anon, please *immediately* call Detective Brian Gill (or any of the Area D-4 detectives) at 617-343-4683 and tell him that you think you were hit by the same driver as me.

Thank you so much!
Dan (pocky)

By anon (not verified) - 9/14/11 - 1:06 pm#84

Silver honda coupe, older heavyset balding male driver with small, silver-rimmed glasses. I have the license plate number written down at home. What was the plate of the guy who hit you?

By pocky (not verified) - 9/14/11 - 9:13 pm#85

What was the plate of the guy who hit you?

I emailed it to you.

Dear Anon,

*WOW*, someone here is trying to mess with us. Whoever just wrote the reply saying "I emailed it to you" was not me. I did not see your reply until just now, and I did *not* email you anything. In fact, I can't see how they could have emailed you in the first place, because you posted anonymously! Hopefully the person who just posted claiming to be me is *not* the person who attacked us both!

But the car AND the gentleman *somewhat* match your description. I will NOT do any of this process online. Anon, please *immediately* call Detective Brian Gill (or any of the Area D-4 detectives) at 617-343-4683 and tell him that you think you were hit by the same driver as me.

Thank you so much!
Dan (pocky)

Hey Eoin,

Dan Rea on WBZ radio (1030 AM) is attacking you right now (9/16/2011, 8-9PM).
He enjoys stirring up anti-cyclist hatred. He's an ignorant hater who does no real research on his topics such as bicycle safety. I've heard him advocate riding on sidewalks which is exceptionally dangerous - 4X the accident rate on the street. He has railed against creation of bike lanes as expensive - he has no clue that the cost is $5 to $50 per mile. His father was hit by a cyclist once apparently (his own fault. who knows?)
Since then, his son is a bike baiter, bike hater. He thinks cyclists must use bike lanes despite the fact that they are not legally mandated to do so, and sometimes it highly hazardous to do so. The film clearly shows that the driver got out of his car to intimidate and threaten you, unmistakeably. To Rea, he was acting as a "gentleman" - is Rea delusional? No one could be that naiive. Must be a slow news day for intellectually challenged third rate radio hosts, huh Dan Rea...

In retrospect, you would have been better off running that red light. I always stop at red lights too, but sometimes go through them before they turn green if I think that will enable traffic to go around me - especially if a truck or bus ahead is a factor.

I've never met him before - it's a very large company. He looked familiar when I saw him this morning and, coincidentally was leaving at the same time as me this afternoon. Same car, blacked-out front bumper, same license plate.