A commentary in today's local paper embodied an impassioned plea that bicycles should be treated just like any other vehicle on the road. I could agree with this, except for the fact that......they're not.
A bicycle is:
1) Smaller than any licensed motor vehicle.
2) Lighter and extremely vulnerable.
3) Less visible.
4) Unable to keep up with even reduced speed limits.
5) Doesn't pay any road use taxes.
So- the proposal is, on the face of it, quite preposterous. This, however, doesn't stop it from being added to the long and ever-growing list of preposterous things in the U.S. and A. at the dawn of the 21st siécle. The ominous thing is that the list shows no sign of stopping its growth, and that therefore the collective state of denial that we appear to accept as the common "wisdom" in our culture nowadays grows ever-deeper.
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