A week ago I had the potential to ride head on into a cyclist going the wrong way on the road, at night. I'll grant him that he had a headlight, but would you like to guess the rest of the description of bike and cyclist?

As far as conservatives being uptite about safety issues...I can only speak for myself. Unfortunately our liberal citizens have ensured that people who make bad choices regarding safety will still receive medical attention regardless of whether they can afford to pay for it. I personally don't care if someone pops their own melon, but it pisses me off that I have to help pay for it. On the rare occasions that I ride MUP, I can scream "on your left" or my wife can ring her bell all day long, and the ones with earbuds never hear..then when she goes by on the far left of the trail, it startles them and they will often swerve into my path, or my kids' path if we're all riding together. They are endangering me and my kids as well. The reason there are laws on such matters is because too many people can't be left to their own devices to make a reasonable decision. While I'm sure that most of the people reading this forum that choose to listen to music probably do so at a volume that allows them to hear what they need to hear to be safe, I am also quite sure that most of the people riding out there don't. If I can tell what they are listening to, it's a problem.