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Originally Posted by swimmer_spe
It is attitudes like this that cause more problems than good.
Do pedestrians need to be trained and carry insurance?
What about skateboarders?
Or how about the elderly with their walkers?
Or those mobility scooters?
All of those are mot likely going to kill another person. Hurt, yes, but kill no.
Cyclists do have to follow the rules of the road including following traffic signals and signs. The fact they don't is poor enforcement.
Everyone, even a pedestrian is required to provide proof of id if the police ask for it. Most cyclists do carry some form of accepted id.
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Think what you may about my 'attitude', but you are missing my point. I'll restate it more simply:
Cyclists are riding their bicycles in traffic, but there is
no required training to do so. This is dangerous to the cyclist.
Licensing, insurance, registration are all required of motor vehicles.
Cyclists want to be considered vehicles in the eyes of the law but have no requirements of responsibility for their own or others' safety that motorists are required to have. Nor do they want to have requirements or responsibilities.
That's all I want to say about it - didn't mean to go off on a tangent actually.
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