- 02 Oct 2016 05:30
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We do exactly this with cars. Why would it not be the same for bicycles? Of course not "all" drivers are safe nor principles of safety observed but at least we know that at one time all drivers were taught to be both.
Don't get me wrong. I am not advocating for some massive program with draconian enforcement. I do not, for example, want to stop children from riding bikes. But some form of manditory training seems to me to be preferable to none.
Cars are taxed to maintain roads but bicycles are not. This hardly seems fair. Perhaps some small use tax would be OK. I expect the thing to do is to leave well enough alone.
I am saying that demanding licenses and registrations for cyclists will not ensure that all cyclists understand the rules of the road or principles of safe driving. Nor would it be easy to create a test of driving skills, even if such tests save lives.
We do exactly this with cars. Why would it not be the same for bicycles? Of course not "all" drivers are safe nor principles of safety observed but at least we know that at one time all drivers were taught to be both.
Don't get me wrong. I am not advocating for some massive program with draconian enforcement. I do not, for example, want to stop children from riding bikes. But some form of manditory training seems to me to be preferable to none.
Cars are taxed to maintain roads but bicycles are not. This hardly seems fair. Perhaps some small use tax would be OK. I expect the thing to do is to leave well enough alone.
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God is a comedian playing to an audience that is afraid to laugh.
Voltaire