Originally Posted by
chandltp
Sounds like you need to find a different route to work.
There isn't one, unless I bike on the highway
Just think what kind of mayhem would occur if everyone ignored laws they didn't agree with.
You seem to have misunderstood what I was saying - I was suggesting a provision at specific intersections wherein certain vehicles (bikes) are given the option to yield instead of waiting, just like many intersections already do with cars making right and left turns.
You can justify it any way you want, it's still illegal.
And? You say that like it's something that hasn't occurred to me, like it should affect my decision in any way.
I respect and value the law, it serves an important purpose... but I value reason higher. There are instances where adhering to moral and rational imperatives instead of the law actually works to my disadvantage, I do it anyway though because reason is my law...there is nothing higher.
We have laws because not everyone can employ reason to guide their everyday actions; most only operate on immediate action-consequence rational
Finally, laws are not written for the exceptions...on any given road, bikes are still the exceptions, and as more and more enter the road, the laws will have to be re-written, that is the nature of governance.
Please read and carefully consider all my points before responding.