Originally Posted by
sauerwald
In the United States alone, automobiles kill over 40,000 people per year, and maim countless others. With any other activity that causes death or injury, we look to the cause of the death not to the victim. When we have a big school shooting the discussion is not on banning schools, but on banning guns. When we have terrorists flying into high rises, the discussion centers around keeping terrorists out of airplanes, not on a building height restriction. Why then when a motorist kills a cyclist is the discussion on how dangerous it is to ride a bicycle? The danger is with the deadly weapon that we have come to accept as an indispensable part of our society. Why not have a discussion on the practicability of driving?
Because the number of mentally challenged gun owners in the country pales in comparison to the number of schoolchildren.
Because the number of terrorists in the country pales in comparison to the number of high rises/high rise dwellers and airplane users, for that matter.
Because, finally, the number of cyclists in the country pales in comparison to the number of drivers.
Finally, regardless of what your ideals may be, driving
will be "indispensable" to the majority of Americans for the foreseeable future. For example, I have
never driven for my commute but drove four times over winter break to pick up and drop off two people at an airport 45 miles away (that's a 90 mile round trip, to the
closest passenger airport).