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> As you can see, the argument breaks down easily. I'm not following. I'm definitely not seeing any such thing. Do you think someone should be allowed to dri
by recursive 2y ago
> As you can see, the argument breaks down easily.
I'm not following. I'm definitely not seeing any such thing. Do you think someone should be allowed to drive this [1] on a public road as long as they have a driver's license? Obviously (I hope) not. The vehicles that are allowed to be used on a road are already regulated separately.
> Not an insignificant part of what bicycles are doing on US roads is not common sense.
One of the problems with appealing to "common sense" is that no one agrees on which things are common sense. It's common sense to me that bicycles should be ridden on the road, and rarely ever on the sidewalk. Yet there are people that I think honestly believe that common sense should dictate the opposite. Where does that leave us?
A lot of bicyclists run stop signs and ride the wrong way. That bothers me. A lot of motor vehicle drivers exceed the speed limit and use cell phones while driving. That also bothers me.
[1] https://blog.iseekplant.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Caterpillar-797F-worlds-biggest-dump-trucks.jpg https://blog.iseekplant.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Med...
- A4ET8a8uTh0 2y agoSo what do you propose? From my perspective, there are but few realistic options.
- recursive 2y agoI don't have the answers. More traffic calming measures? Commercial licenses for those giant pickups SUVs? Less "free" parking? Require 100 miles of transportation cycling to get a drivers' license, for those physically able? Higher gas taxes?
- A4ET8a8uTh0 2y agoInteresting. Would you accept remote work as default for most non-customer facing jobs to lower the strain on roads ( calming measure )?