Comment Re:Here's a thought... (Score 1) 856
and this time with the line breaks, d'oh
I'm know of the laws in the UK - all cyclists have the same rights as motor vehicles except on motorways. I'm aware of the laws in the EU, and I'm pretty certain bikes are allowed everywhere except motorways.
I'm not aware of all the laws in the USA, so I looked them up. After going through the first four states I could find the laws for, pretty much all four had the same laws as the UK. I failed to find a single state that banned bikes.
I'll note that you specifically stated that you live in the US and US law states the bikes aren't allowed on the road. I did some research and demonstrated that your statement was not generally true.
Now I'm going to be exceptionally generous and accept that it's possible that I'm incorrect, and those of us in the civilised world are prepared to retract and apologise for our failings.
If you can provide me with the appropriate citations of the laws of at least eight states in which cycling is prohibited I'll apologise unreservedly for my ignorance and concede that in general cyclists don't have the right to use the road in the US.
If you can provide one citation of one state/city I'll modify my statement of you to either a parochial moron who's blissfully unaware of anything outside his immediate experience, or a disingenuous troll who's deliberately over generalising.
If you can't do either, then I think my statement of ignorant fuckwit stands happily on it's own merit.