Bicycle injuries: Is the right-of-way fight getting ugly?

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Originally Posted by Skybird

Sorry, but usually roads are no car-exclusive territory, although some car-maniacs tend to think so. Roads get maintained and payed and payed for by the general tax pool, btw, and taxes on gasoline are not exclusively tied to the purpose of being spend for car infrastructure. What you need to invest into your car's technical reliability, is just this: car reliability and security so that you do not move around in a rolling weapon that can go lose any moment and poses a mobile risk to other people. For the same reason, a bicycle needs to be maintained as well.

We live in a car-crazy world. But crowded city centers do not suffer when putting that insanity up for debate. The traffic jams, stinking emissions, noise and shortages in parking lots do not get caused by bicycles, but too many cars.

I believe you missed my point Skybird. I have to pass a drivers exam and then pay to have it renewed. Cyclists don't. I have to insure myself and my vehicle for liability if I injure someone else. Cyclists don't. I am forced by law to maintain my vehicle in safe working order. Cyclists are not.

I believe that if cyclists had to pay to use the road you would see a lot less of them. If cyclists had to prove that they know the rules of the road you would see less of them. If cyclists had to buy liability insurance you would see less of them.

This particular argument has nothing to do with pollution or too many cars but about common sense.