Originally Posted by
Mos6502
When it comes to vehicle ownership, cyclists are without a doubt already
THE MOST PRIVILEGED.
Are you required to insure your bicycle?
no. Do you have to register your bicycle? Plates, tags? etc?
no. Did you have to pass a test to be allowed to use your bicycle on the streets?
no. Do you pay for parking you bike downtown? probably not.
those darned motorists, they just get all the breaks don't they?
The issue is not the "momentary status" but the DIRECTION we're moving in. Our society is moving in the DIRECTION of decreasing cyclist privileges. This is the WRONG direction. More and more cities ARE getting registration, tags, writtten into cycling laws. Same with helmet and light laws, more and more regulations.