Originally Posted by Roody
I don't want to pay insurance and pay to register and license my bike. But if a lot of incompetent riders start jamming the streets and getting themselves and others killed, that is all too likely to happen.
I doubt it. Unless I'm mistaken, those "Beijing throngs" mentioned by Andy Bower in Slate magazine (in another thread) don't need a license and don't die by the dozens. My guess is that the more bikes there are on the street, the more car drivers will have to behave...sort of a traffic calming effect. And of course, after the "petrocalypse" (Like it? I made it up. It sounds cute, when in fact it will be a tough age to live through) there will be fewer cars to watch out for, and bike-on-bike crashes aren't as lethal.