1) If the critical mass participants were concerned about the environment, they might like to learn how much pollution is caused by cars that needlessly sit idling for long periods of time.

1b) Let alone health problems caused by raised blood pressure

2) If the critical mass participants were concerned about safety, they would obey traffic laws. At least some of them. Which they don’t.

I’m glad I work from home.

None of those people riding wanted or expected to be treated or recognized as valid traffic. And I said ‘none’ instead of ‘most’ because by “merit” of participation in such an event they all get painted with the same brush.

As far as my mental busy-work, it was nothing more than that, of course, something to wile away the better part of the hour my car was idling, my carbon footprint growing a few shoe sizes in the duration.

So be careful about being angry — that just feeds into their ideology.

That awkwardness aside I see two points here the leap out at me. Firstly they may be disruptive, but their technology isn’t. It crushes really nicely under they wheels on a 3/4 ton Lexus hybrid.. Secondly, they are only in it for the notoriety. They’re not freedom fighters or even evangelists. They just want to piss off the folks who pay for their state handouts and thumb their noses at random people who they think (for unknown reasons) are “the man”…..

You know what, if this generation is that desperate for an identity then I really do feel sorry for them. This is the same pointless outbursting that gave rise to weeks of street riots in London in the early 80s and will no doubt morph into some other “free Willy” shit a few years from now. It’s angst. Pure and simple.

The thing that REALLY gets my goat is that SFPD are so lame that they let this BS go without arrests when they would be ticket happy if 5000 motorists brought downtown to a standstill. Our tax dollars at work. Joy.