>>1173945>How do you enforce this if you cant identify them?How do you enforce the law against people who hit and run with a car when most people who have been hit by a car are too dazed to read and note a registration plate?
- With other eyewitnesses
- With a description of the vehicle who hit and run
- With CCTV footage
etc
>>1173938>>stop signs become give way for bicyclesYes. There is no good reason bicycles need to come to a complete stop in most cases, because they appoach intersections much more slowly than cars so have already scanned the intersection by the time they reach it.
>>red lights become stop signsOnly a recipe for disaster if you're too stupid to give way properly at a set of lights. This one is at odds with cars always being at fault, in the event that a cyclist is reckless at a light.
>rights come with responsibilitiesWhich is why cyclists already have the responsibility to follow the general road rules and the road rules that apply specifically to them.
>if cyclists act irresponsible what are we to do?Police them just like any other criminal who can't immediately be identified. What you fail to see is that your policy
a) Will be ignored by law enforcement who can't be bothered to enforce it
b) Makes criminals where there are none; introduces a new victimless crime
c) Seems to stem from a conception that because bicycles are expected to follow the road rules, by extension they should be expected to follow other state administration rules that also apply to cars, and that apply the same rules is entirely appropriate, relevant and enforceable.
