Originally Posted by Bekologist
its also a slippery, snappy slogan to
1) limit the inherent differences between bikes and cars, despite their obvious differences.
2)quoted to me personally out the car window by more than one ragin' cager,
3) used by zelous VC advocates locally to proposition preventing bikes from passing cars in congested traffic.
some zealous VC whacks want us to get stuck in traffic because of that "same rights, same rules" nonsense.
pithy, anti-bicycling slogan in my opinion.
But you said you could ride VC in a bike lane on the road. How can you do that if you aren't following the same basic rules as the rest of traffic, with the same rights, on the same road?