Originally Posted by
86az135i
Personal safety should never be mandatory.
And there is that "Land of the Free, Home of the Brave" angle, too. if my choices do not endanger others, I should be free to make them.
Look, if we want to eliminate road cycling deaths, we should simply eliminate road cycling. people can ride on the sidewalk or MUPs. We can decide that roads are exclusively for motor vehicles, and then cycling deaths will plummet.
"Nanny-State" thinking is so prevalent people don't even recognize it.