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Old 05-01-15, 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Daniel4
Jimrich: You would make an excellent advocate for bicycle lanes and infrastructure. As a taxpayer you would not want the bloated bureaucracy and expenses of bicycle licensing. Bicycle lanes are much cheaper and cost effective. As a pedestrian, you want to get cyclists off the sidewalks. As a motorist, you don't want another vehicle in your way. Put them in bike lanes and let the other cyclists worry about the reskless and ingorant riders. As a motorist and a pedestrian, but not a cyclist, you would give the authorities a fresh perpective on the need for a comprehensive infrastructure for cyclists.
But the problem with bike lanes can be that then drivers assume you must always use it, even if it hasn't been cleared or some other issue like bike lane in the door zone etc.
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