tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post7576276954039649003..comments2024-01-05T11:00:30.673-06:00Comments on DFW Point-to-Point: License Cyclists?Steve Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13650405341304401203noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-32433152027162070062013-09-15T08:14:45.481-05:002013-09-15T08:14:45.481-05:00The main problem with licensing schemes is shown b...The main problem with licensing schemes is shown by the complete failure of all modern driving test systems to curtail roadway collisions.<br /><br /> I already know that every single person driving a car has proven they could drive a car safely 'on the specific day of their driving test'. Unfortunately it doesn't mean they can drive a car safely a day, a month, a year, a decade or a half-century later.<br /><br />If these schemes came with mandatory and regular retesting, they might be of some value and I might even support something like the above scheme. But one test per lifetime - sure, it might help for a few weeks after the test, but it's not adequate for a lifetime on the road.Ian Brett Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11144195897514392433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-85294356571460134372011-03-01T22:46:12.971-06:002011-03-01T22:46:12.971-06:00Nice article, Steve! Who is that bearded fella?
P...Nice article, Steve! Who is that bearded fella?<br /><br />Peace :)GreenComotionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11272116464292908327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-54441639719860162122011-03-01T21:58:01.525-06:002011-03-01T21:58:01.525-06:00That is a good point--that licensing and insuring ...That is a good point--that licensing and insuring a vehicle are forms of ensuring one is competent and sufficiently indemnified to operate a dangerous machine in the public space. Bicycles are not particularly dangerous in their own right. But I could probably instigate a pretty bad accident by riding my bike in a way that causes others to do some pretty weird stuff. But such requirements put a serious dent in the freedom to travel. I agree with Eli. This has been discussed before on various bike lists, always in a way that denies the concept of licensing bicyclists. Or for that matter Amish in their buggies.<br /><br />The whole issue of a universal I.D. is more worrisome. We have gone a long way towards the idea of Big Brother and the scare tactics about terrorism, illegal immigration, and the need to therefore impose a universal I.D. requirement on the public leaves me cold. What would the Founders think? "Your papers, please"...wasn't that the stuff of Cold War movies?<br /><br />This all goes back to that Dave Horton piece I linked to on my own blog--manufacturing consent and manufacturing fear. Not everyone gets fired up by Noam Chomsky, but he has been writing about the dangers of illicitly manufactured consent for decades. Dave Horton puts it in more politically-neutral space--talking about bicycling rather than wars, class politics, and the military-industrial complex.<br /><br />http://thinkingaboutcycling.wordpress.com/article-fear-of-cycling/Khalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11866897914538110672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-69675953079310120282011-03-01T19:39:57.282-06:002011-03-01T19:39:57.282-06:00Khal, Eli Damon, so far, is the only one to raise ...Khal, Eli Damon, so far, is the only one to raise what is the most serious objection to my mind - it is one step further towards a universal ID requirement simply to travel, and that a requirement for a license is necessitated only by the advent of dangerous machines. Y'all can expect a future post on "the orphaned right." Namely the right to travel without license.Steve Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13650405341304401203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-13712553254753753972011-03-01T18:25:27.775-06:002011-03-01T18:25:27.775-06:00Too intelligent and logical, Steve. Therefore, the...Too intelligent and logical, Steve. Therefore, the idea will never make it out of a legislature.Khalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11866897914538110672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-13382242434825969212011-03-01T12:26:15.616-06:002011-03-01T12:26:15.616-06:00This is a fantastic idea!This is a fantastic idea!cyclerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10331461189944538729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-40349269639724957432011-03-01T08:19:01.957-06:002011-03-01T08:19:01.957-06:00You may be right. With bike lanes and cycle
track...You may be right. With bike lanes and cycle <br />tracks coming to Dallas, cyclists will need<br />to know more rules. Both as operators of <br />vehicles when on the road and as wheeled<br />pedestrians when on the new facilities.cliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16165724747824970315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-37278047303463016692011-03-01T08:09:59.416-06:002011-03-01T08:09:59.416-06:00Not bad, Steve. If only more people thought things...Not bad, Steve. If only more people thought things through like you...RANTWICKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15394479078513545568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-84130970828686244942011-03-01T07:27:06.015-06:002011-03-01T07:27:06.015-06:00Great thinking..!Great thinking..!TrevorW�� https://www.blogger.com/profile/13212954091289189979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-67526462662248663662011-02-28T21:34:10.621-06:002011-02-28T21:34:10.621-06:00Genius! I'm going for my level 1, non-motorize...Genius! I'm going for my level 1, non-motorized vehicle operator license.John Romeo Alphahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01289456379789026152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-66816088251553781652011-02-28T20:49:09.613-06:002011-02-28T20:49:09.613-06:00Brilliant!Brilliant!Ponderohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16042079750126434523noreply@blogger.com