and the grannies are protesting:
Call it Grandma Justice. Victimized by kamikaze cyclists who see old folks as speed bumps, and stop lights as suggestions, aged Manhattan residents are taking the law into their wrinkled hands. They're using canes to halt speed-demon cyclists.
Congregating near Stuyvesant Town, "they take their canes and put them on the street to make riders slow down," said Regina Weld, who admits she's participated. No one has been hurt.
A more constructive approach to fighting demon cyclists is being taken by Nancy Gruskin, whose husband was mowed down and killed last year by a bike deliveryman. She's starting the Stuart C. Gruskin Family Foundation to fight for pedestrian rights. Find it at scgff.org.
All agree that something has to change. "At what point do you fight back?" asked Weld.
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