Even as they are announcing the arrest of a man they say was trailing senior citizens wearing gold chains to rip them off their necks, Boston Police are warning of an outbreak of gold-chain snatchings in Roxbury. Read more.
Boston Police report arresting a 17-year-old they say was the leader of a pack that tried to steal another guy's moped in the area of Lee's II Market at Commonwealth Avenue and Allston Street around 11:10 p.m. on Sunday. Read more.
Ride a moped? Aside from the massive amounts of pollution they spew - yes, even your 4-stroke modern scooter): it seems an increasing number of you need a refresher in where you're not allowed to operate your scooter or moped in Massachusetts:
I'm in a bit of a quandary. MGL 90-1b states in part that all moped drivers:
...shall be subject to the traffic laws and regulations of the commonwealth and the regulations contained in this section, except that: (1) the motorized bicycle operator may keep to the right when passing a motor vehicle which is moving in the travel lane of the way...
Critical Mass bicyclists like to block, or "cork," intersections so all the participants can get through, traffic signals be damned. Chan reports on a similar moped ride yesterday:
... about 30 of us on mopeds swarming through the streets of Boston...blocking intersections, blowing through red lights and pedestrian filled crosswalks...for once, as a mass unit, taking over the streets usually very unfriendly to moped riders (although we have every right to be on the street...just as much as cars, trucks, busses and taxicbs)...
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