Originally Posted by willypilgrim
if you left the part about bikes out, it would be more socially relevent.
i don't think the reprecussions would be as blown out if a motorist drove into a parade route, and people in the parade swarmed the car. In fact, the motorist would be arrested, and everyone would say, "what kind of idiot drives into a parade?"
I was thinking today, about this post, and the more I thought about it, the more I realized how true it is.
Do you people in the US drive into parades??? It's a simple yes/no question.
If the answer is, as I expect,
NO, then it's clear these people in the van had no moral justification to crumple 4 bikes (and potentially, the cyclists they belonged to).
And EVEN IN THE CASE OF UNAUTHORIZED PARADES, it's a crime and clearly morally wrong to drive over people in a parade! So knock down that argument already.
EDIT: I would even suggestthat CM should be modified so that cyclists actually WALK with their bikes, see if THAT is going to make the motorists happier. See how "quickly" that is going to go down. I bet at the end of it, motorists will be WISHING for the cyclists to ride!