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Luke
Guest
In article <[email protected]>, Paul Berg
<[email protected]> wrote:
> The days when the bicycle was basically a recreational vehicle for
> children on neighborhood streets is long gone. And, now our laws should
> catch up the present situation. We now need to insured the public that
> the bicyclists and bicycles in the high traffic areas are meeting some
> type of minimum requirements as the motorists, motorcyclists and their
> vehicles do.
Around here bicycles DO have minimum requirements. They must have
lights (at night), brakes, and a bell/horn, etc... A cyclist is
expected to aware of, and observe the rules of the world. He is
considered a vehicle under the law.
Because *you* considered the bicycle as 'basically a recreational
vehicle for children' never relegated it to such a limited function.
The fact is the bicycle can be many things: a toy for kids of all ages,
a pay cheque, a route to physical fitness, a objet d'art, a cargo
vehicle, a source of transportation, etc...
You undermine the value of the instrument by characterizing one of its
lesser roles, the most frivolous by far, as its defining essence.
Rubbish. Your statement reveals little of a bicycle's nature and more
about your, thus far, blinkered perspective. Glad to see you're
acknowledging reality and shedding your misconceptions.
A sketchbook and pencils in the hands of a child can be a source of
amusement; in the hands of da Vinci, a means of amusement as well as
profound expression. Pity the infantile renaissance man, playing with
with scribbling toys.
<[email protected]> wrote:
> The days when the bicycle was basically a recreational vehicle for
> children on neighborhood streets is long gone. And, now our laws should
> catch up the present situation. We now need to insured the public that
> the bicyclists and bicycles in the high traffic areas are meeting some
> type of minimum requirements as the motorists, motorcyclists and their
> vehicles do.
Around here bicycles DO have minimum requirements. They must have
lights (at night), brakes, and a bell/horn, etc... A cyclist is
expected to aware of, and observe the rules of the world. He is
considered a vehicle under the law.
Because *you* considered the bicycle as 'basically a recreational
vehicle for children' never relegated it to such a limited function.
The fact is the bicycle can be many things: a toy for kids of all ages,
a pay cheque, a route to physical fitness, a objet d'art, a cargo
vehicle, a source of transportation, etc...
You undermine the value of the instrument by characterizing one of its
lesser roles, the most frivolous by far, as its defining essence.
Rubbish. Your statement reveals little of a bicycle's nature and more
about your, thus far, blinkered perspective. Glad to see you're
acknowledging reality and shedding your misconceptions.
A sketchbook and pencils in the hands of a child can be a source of
amusement; in the hands of da Vinci, a means of amusement as well as
profound expression. Pity the infantile renaissance man, playing with
with scribbling toys.