08-14-2007, 12:07 PM
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Join Date: May 2001
Cobra Make, Engine: A CSX Cobra,1966 GT350 and an '06 Ford Heritage GT
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It has been brought up many times that 'bicyclists have a right to the road' and I do not agree with that. An automobile driver does not have a 'right' to the road, it has been rehashed in court innumerable times that use of the road is a 'priviledge' not a 'right'. To obtain that 'priviledge' a car owner must get vehicles inspected, registered, licensed (plates) and maintain proof of financial responsibility (insurance) AND obtain and maintain a drivers license. I would say that for a bicyclist to share the priviledge of the road he should have do do the same AND be bound by the same types of laws and regulations. I would like to see bicyclists ticketed for illegal riding or riding in the street lane where a bike lane or path exists and I would like the fine to be as substantial as a car owner faces for similar acts.
Finally; yes, motorhomes a semis torque me too!! The difference is that THEY get tickets for being idiots. I see semis pulled over in the glare of the red and blue but for some reason I don't see pedal jockeys..why?
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