Lone Primate
Active Member
There are too many self-righteous drivers who are so critical of cyclists but oblivious to the bad driving habits of motorists despite licensing and police enforcement
Agreed, but my point is, we do something about that. We have means of identification, enforcement, and punishment. I challenge anyone here to say with all honestly that our roads and our lives would be better if motorists had in practice the kind of presumptive freedom and irresponsibility that cyclists enjoy.
Most of the liberties taken by cyclists don't put anyone's life in danger.
Most of the liberties motorists take don't either. Is that finally the point? I mean, should we have grades of responsibility for vehicles based solely on their size and the amount of damage they can inflict? So how would this work? It's okay for cyclists to blow through red lights anytime the like; SMART cars can do it 90% of the time or 100% of the time on off-peak hours, Mazda 3s can do it 75% of the time or anytime between 11 pm and 5 am... I mean, does this make sense to you? Or is there actually a principle here that you guys don't want to admit you find inconvenient to have to live up to?