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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Also, if they are so intent on being treated as vehicles (their legal right to use the public roads, etc.), then how about the equivalent of auto-insurance for bikers, or bike-licenses (along with all the fees MOCO likes to collect when registering a car). "

The comment on insurance is funny and points to the interesting perspective that some drivers here have.

What would the insurance cover - what damage do bike riders cause that are their own fault?   First, I think most of the damage is done to the bike and the rider.   Second, I think most bike-car accidents are likely the result of a car driver's decisions.  Is the bike at fault when the car driver makes a bad decision to pass and crashes head-on into another car?  No.  Is the bike at fault when the driver slams on his breaks and gets rear-ended?  No.  What's the damage that's being done by slow bike riders?  Damage to the car driver's ego that they can't go faster and are being held up by a measly bike?

Power to the powerful!  Let the meek move aside![/quote]

You are ridiculous -- and you are missing the entire point.  Many of us are saying that bikers are endangering people every day on this stretch of road.  It boggles the mind that you don't understand that a biker blowing through a stop sign (thereby forcing a driver to slam on the breaks or to swerve) could easily cause an accident.  If a biker is a "vehicle" then that biker should be the "at fault" party in such a collision and should have to pay the medical bills and or repair bills for all cars involved in the accident.

Perhaps this is the heart of the matter.  Cyclist just don't seem to want to accept the responsibilities that accompany the right to share the road.  The reason so many drivers are upset at cyclist is because we see these type of collision-close-calls every day...while the cyclist has whizzed past and is oblivious to the dangerous conditions he or she has just created.  Perhaps having bike-licenses and insurance claims filed against cyclists would be the incentive necessary for cyclists to not just "share the road" but to also "share the responsibility!"[/quote]

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