Originally Posted by
StanSeven
The issue is liabilty to an injured party. If you are driving, your auto insurance covers it. If you are cycling and the injured person sues for $5 millon, they won't go for you but your employer.
While I don't agree with your examples, I agree it has to do with preventing injuries, but not to 3rd party non-employees, but to employees. Its almost impossible for a bicycle to injure another (except maybe a pedestrian) on the road, same thing with motorcycles.
Employers percieve bicycling and motorcycling as more dangerous to the cyclist, so in a (misguided) effort to reduce injuries to employess and resultant costs (workers comp), they prohibit bicycle and moto travel for work purposes.