Originally Posted by alhedges

This is interesting, but it doesn't really address the issue. Insurance rates will go up if you have a lot of claims, and if the corporation feels it will have more claims by allowing bikes and pedestrians in their drive thru lines, they aren't being dishonest.

However, the real liability issue they are actually concerned about, as noted upthread, is security. They are afraid of people robbing their customers waiting for their food, and they are afraid of customers avoiding their drive thru if there seem to be a lot of loiterers nearby.

These are business decisions based on what they think is best for their business. People who compare themselves to Rosa Parks (who could not change her skin color) need to get over themselves. This is not a civil rights issue. Biking is not an immutable characteristic, not is it specifically protected in the constitution, like religion. It is an issue of businesses making a choice about not serving people who engage in certain behavior. The way to counteract it is to show these businesses that they will lose more money by not serving these people.