Right, but currently one could simply disconnect from the network and remove a lot of risk if they wanted AND the computer would still be useful. But really...what good is a computer without the RickRoll?
I don't know of any sidewalk in my area that is capable of holding a golf cart. That is irrelevant as they are not road legal and bikes are road legal.
Bicycles, as road legal vehicles, are subject to the rules of the road. If they aren't obeying the rules then try your luck and hit them and they'll get a ticket when the accident report is made out. True, many (probably all) cyclists disobey some subset of the rules. The same goes for many (probably all) car drivers.
The fact of the matter is that bikes are road legal and are far safer there than on the sidewalk because they are more visible there. Bikes are also a primary (and efficient) form of transportation for many people. If I had to ride on the sidewalk to work stopping at every road that intersected my path it would take me 5 hours instead of the 45 minutes it takes me now. Can I afford a car and gas for it? Yes. But I enjoy not being a fatass and the savings are nice too. But, imagine for a second, a person who can't afford the luxury of a car. A 5 hour commute would be devastating.
As a road legal vehicle bikes are entitled to the entire lane. Not just whatever you decide to give them while gunning your engine and flipping them off. That kind of attitude is what's really dangerous. Most of the time if I roll through a stop sign on my bike it's to avoid inconsiderate asshats, not because I don't care.
Cyclists should be riding on the sidewalks. The relative momentums of bike riders and pedestrians are much closer than bike riders and multi-ton vehicles. The traffic laws for bicycles seems to hearken back to the days when an automobile's average speed was 15mph. I have to disagree with you. Bikers can (and often do) achieve speeds well over 20 miles an hour which is far too fast to be on sidewalks. When a car pulls up to a main road out of a subdivision or at an intersection they will often pull forward well into the path of the sidewalk/crosswalk so that they can see to make the turn. At any decent speed it would be difficult to stop in time to avoid t-boning the car that pulls out in front of you. Sidewalks are also generally uneven (especially at manhole covers) have guide wires for poles, and turn to force pedestrians to turn perpendicular to the road before crossing. Riding on sidewalks is dangerous.
Granted, some children should stay off of the roads on their bikes. But they are far slower and shorter and thus can stop more easily and are harder to see.
[...]instead have the cost be a percentage of the annual revenue of the entity that holds it, or a higher percentage of the annual revenue the copyright brings, whichever is larger That sounds a lot like income tax.
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Right, but currently one could simply disconnect from the network and remove a lot of risk if they wanted AND the computer would still be useful. But really...what good is a computer without the RickRoll?
Exactly how much respect have you let loose lately?
...That this was about some sort of skin for Trillian.....
http://action.downsizedc.org/wyc.php?cid=83 You would be talking about the "One Subject At A Time Act" which is proposed and sponsored by Downsize DC.
I don't know of any sidewalk in my area that is capable of holding a golf cart. That is irrelevant as they are not road legal and bikes are road legal. Bicycles, as road legal vehicles, are subject to the rules of the road. If they aren't obeying the rules then try your luck and hit them and they'll get a ticket when the accident report is made out. True, many (probably all) cyclists disobey some subset of the rules. The same goes for many (probably all) car drivers. The fact of the matter is that bikes are road legal and are far safer there than on the sidewalk because they are more visible there. Bikes are also a primary (and efficient) form of transportation for many people. If I had to ride on the sidewalk to work stopping at every road that intersected my path it would take me 5 hours instead of the 45 minutes it takes me now. Can I afford a car and gas for it? Yes. But I enjoy not being a fatass and the savings are nice too. But, imagine for a second, a person who can't afford the luxury of a car. A 5 hour commute would be devastating. As a road legal vehicle bikes are entitled to the entire lane. Not just whatever you decide to give them while gunning your engine and flipping them off. That kind of attitude is what's really dangerous. Most of the time if I roll through a stop sign on my bike it's to avoid inconsiderate asshats, not because I don't care.
Unfortunately it is rare to find oneself in a situation where you can take off "all of 'em" My work requires business casual. :(