Originally Posted by
John Hood
Bikes should be allowed to use the drive throughs, but the decision should be up to the business owner. The real way to encourage this isn't to pass a law mandating that they let bikes use the DT's, but rather pass laws that protect them from unreasonable insurance costs or legal liability if they choose to serve bicyclists. That and change the culture so that bicyclists in the drive through lane are just seen as something normal and acceptable.
I agree with you, except that I don't believe that there are any unreasonable insurance costs or legal liability involved with bikes in drive-thrus. Insurance liability is sort of a standard claim people make when what they mean is "It's my decision and none of your business". Yet, for all the times this has been claimed, I've yet to see an actual example of insurance making any distinction at all about bikes in drive-thrus.
I think that the last sentence is more on-target. It is the culture, just attitudes, that needs to change.