I agree with some points, one being your right to an opinion. I'm not sure if the purpose of a law should be to protect the perpetrator or the potential victim. Is a bicyclist on using a cell phone likely to hurt others or just himself?
Should cyclists be subject to MTO testing and licensing?
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I agree with some points, one being your right to an opinion. I'm not sure if the purpose of a law should be to protect the perpetrator or the potential victim. Is a bicyclist on using a cell phone likely to hurt others or just himself?
Don't prejudge the outcome. The last time the questions were looked at in depth was 1992, and a patchwork of changes have been made since then to accomodate things like e-bikes, and increasing interest in alternatives to the automobile. We've since learned that adding cyclists and cycling infrastructure isn't encouraging them to respect the rules of the road, nor is it helping to increase driver awareness of them. And e-bikes are not being used to replace cars as hoped, they are used to replace bicycles by people who have even less respect for the rules of the road than cyclists have.
These things can be improved. Licensing cyclists would be retarded, but an educational and enforcement campaign could help a lot, for both cyclists and drivers. I think the e-bike situation would improve also if e-bikes were redefined such that they can't move solely under their own power.
Doesn't mean any of this will happen, but no good can come from good ideas if no one hears them. Even bad ideas could at least be considered and dismissed based on sound rationale. As daisoman suggested it's not exactly a user-friendly process, I agree. But at least it's there for those who are serious about their complaints, like IV. maybe?
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Re licencing bicycles. What if the buyer has to fill out a questionaire at the point of sale, recognizing the laws and agreeing to them. That and a sticker on the bike at least eliminates the ignorance excuse. No added government interference or fees.
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It's the wall o'text type of unfriendliness, for those who want to contribute and informed opinion.
because if they want to ride on the road they should have to follow the laws because what happens if a bicyclist is on his phone and doesnt notice a kid crossing and hits the kid , then the kid falls over cracks his head open and dies, it will be the exact same as a person on a motorcycle or a car talking on a cell phone its unsafe and if everyone else gets fined for it so should the guy on the bike
