Originally Posted by Helmet Head
Sure, but there are consequences.
The folks in life jackets are free to float around in their pools, but it won't be much fun, and if they ever fall into deep water, they are likely to drown. So we don't discourage folks from learning how to swim.
The motorists who don't go on freeways are probably not going to be able to drive between SF and LA, at least not in a very reasonable amount of time. So we don't discourage driving students from learning how to drive on freeways.
The folks who are uncomfortable with command lines will never write shell scripts. So we don't discourage programmers from learning command lines.
Those who don't go to college will have doors shut. Thus we don't do things to encourage people to not go to college.
And those who seek to think and feel segregated while cycling in traffic are probably going to have more than their fair share of crashes. And advocates, lawmakers and engineers have no business encouraging or facilitating that, which is what supporting and building bike lanes does.
Meanwhile those folks that wear PFDs do just fine in deep water... they float there too.
And those folks that don't drive on freeways, enjoy the train...
And folks that don't program are called users, and the world is full of them and programmers wouldn't have a thing to do without them.
And those that don't go to college... Well they do everything from flip burgers to run companies... some have even become president.
Oh what the heck... those cyclists that don't fit your mold, just send them to sidewalks... Because in a democratic society, we try to accomodate the needs of all, not just the few.