Originally Posted by Daily Commute
There's one major flaw in your argument--pedestrians are generally banned from the road, cyclists shouldn't be. Generally, they only have the right to use narrow slivers here and there. We should oppose any laws that will lower cyclists to the level of pedestrians on the roads.
I don't want "special consideration"--that's what bike lanes are. I want equal consideration.
Well if pedestrians are banned from the road, doesn't that violate their constitutional right to use the public way, as quoted by bt? Maybe the VC movement should change their mantra to "pedestrians fare best when they act and in turn are treated as other users of the road"?
My argument is basically, bicycles <not equal> cars; therefore, bicycle accomodations <not equal> cars.