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"I ride my motorcycle occasionally entirely for recreational reasons. I have to carry insurance and register the vehicle. Why isn't it too burdensome for me?"

compare the relative noninsurance ownership and operating costs of a motorcycle to a bicycle.

"There could be very easy and defined boundaries to the requirement. Like, if you want to ride on a public street or sidewalk, you have to carry insurance etc."

that would include 5 year olds riding on the sidewalk in their cul de sac. The net impact would be to make childhood biking prohibitive. For limited benefits. If you look at it from a cost benefit perspective, I think it becomes clear why requiring insurance for cyclists does not make sense, but requiring it for motor vehicles does (of course there will be grey areas).

Now if your goal is simply to discourage biking, because you don't like sharing the road, thats a different issue. Or if your point is to prove that "bikes are toys" in order to avoid sharing the road. I trust those are not your motives however.

by AWalkerInTheCity on Jun 7, 2012 1:37 pm • link • report