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Your entire argument is framed in the context of driving being a right and not a privilege. Cars do not own the road. Bicycles are vehicles and you have to tr
by defen 12y ago
Your entire argument is framed in the context of driving being a right and not a privilege. Cars do not own the road. Bicycles are vehicles and you have to treat them as such - it's the law. I'm not sure where you live but at least in the US many people take driving for granted since it's so easy to get a license, and so difficult to lose it (barring exceptionally negligent or irresponsible behavior). But there are rules of the road, and you do have to follow them if you want to partake in the benefits of driving.
- AliAdams 12y agoDon't put words into my mouth. I do not claim that driving is a right, but I do think it is reasonable to say that driving is significantly more important to a country's economic activity, signalled by the amount of investment in road infrastructure in, I would venture, every developed country. I don't think it is a leap to say that roads are built mainly for motor vehicles and rarely solely for bikes and by extension a bike has less right to a road than a car does.
- defen 12y ago> I don't think it is a leap to say that roads are built mainly for motor vehicles and rarely solely for bikes and by extension a bike has less right to a road than a car does. That's my whole point...there is no legal basis for your claim, if we're talking about surface streets in a city and not highways.