BIKE: Permission to use the roadways

[Michael Bluejay]

On Dec 31, 2003, at 9:24 AM, Jeremy Elliott wrote:

> Even a funeral procession needs escort. Any time you
> try to pass that many people through the bowels of a
> city, it's wise for everyone's sake to have some
> organization involved--even if it detracts from the
> hippie-cool-freelove-"we have the right to ride
> anywhere"-vibe that some people insist on.


Maybe you haven't noticed, but that many people move through the bowels 
of the city every day -- in cars.  And they don't ask anybody's 
permission.

Whether it's "wise" to have some organization is another matter.  The 
original post said that they wouldn't be *allowed* to ride without 
assistance.  THAT's the position I challenged.  If a bunch of cars 
don't need special permission to use the roadways, then neither do we.

Access to the roadways isn't a "hippie-cool-freelove" thing for cars, 
and it isn't for bicycles either -- the transportation system is simply 
there for our use.

If responding to this, please address what I actually said, and not 
something else.

-MBJ-