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# Critical condition is a colossal threat
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/critical-condition-is-a-colossal-threat-editor/
- Published: 2007-02-12T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T00:02:31.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Steven Weller Venice*

(On Feb. 2), I was witness to the outlawish behavior of the group known as Critical Mass — holding up traffic and blocking intersections and jeopardizing their lives and well-being.

Remembering the (Russell) Weller incident at the Farmers’ Market in Santa Monica, where rage was not involved, it would do the Critical Mass group well to consider a few things. 1) Failure to stop at a stop signal is costly and it applies to bicycles and automotive vehicles concurrently. 2) Impeding a person’s forward movement for no good reason is also a criminal act when the time duration exceeds 17 seconds. 3) Their behavior can be thought of as terrorist and/or bullying the public.

At this time, this party is seriously thinking of registering a complaint with the local police, who are capable of writing up each rider that does perform the various out-lawish acts the Critical Mass group is performing.

We do not mind sharing the road with bicyclists, skate-boarders and other forms of transportation conveyances. The rules of the road state we are to “share the road,” not impede innocent people with the inconvenience of their behavior.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 12, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/021207.pdf?ref=smdp.com)