BIKE: Question for Mike Dahmus

[Joel Sumner]

For the purposes of getting funding from the UTC, city government, state 
government, CAMPO, for bike related infrastructure (the question on the 
table when this thread started if you recall) the bike is the greater 
offender.  The cars waiting for the light to turn green will see the car 
and the bike enter the intersection at the same time but they will have 
to go out of their way to wait for the bike to clear the intersection 
(unless the bike is also going 35 mph) .  The stopped car drivers will 
then get mad, honk, and complain to the city council about "those damn 
lawless bikers" at which point most politicans decide that dealing with 
likely voter anger doesn't counterbalance progressive thinking.

That may be the most moronic answer you've heard all day but that's the 
point Mike appears to be making (not to put words in your mouth Mike).   
It's not a safety issue, it's a political issue. Legality, rationality, 
and politics often don't intersect.

-Joel

Chuck_Thomas wrote:

>So, the car beside me and I 'run the orange' at the same time.  The car
>exits the intersection just before the cross traffic light turns green
>and I just after.  Who is the greater offender? why?
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