Comment 5794

By foo (anonymous) | Posted March 09, 2007 at 15:57:09

Bumpy:
Lots of times on my ride, cars are in the way. I spent 10 minutes getting through an area I could have gotten through in 2 without cars.

Any particular road may be a poor design for bikes, but that's the fault of the engineer, not an excuse for excluding bikes. Roads are not there for the exclusive use of cars; they are a public trust, as they have been since the time of the Romans. The government puts them there for the use of all people. If the government built a road that is not serving the users, then it's not the fault of the users.

In fact, muscle-powered transport (walking, bicycling, and even horses) are an IRREVOCABLE right. With the exception of limited-access roads, you can not tell someone that they can't cycle on a given road. If there's no reasonable alternate route available, it's not even legal to deny cycles to go on interstates.

By contrast, operating a motor vehicle is a PRIVILEDGE awarded by the government, and it can be revoked.

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