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In article <3ab1jc$g4s@bashful.cc.utexas.edu>, orb@bashful.cc.utexas.edu
(Norman Richards) wrote:

>  The difference is safety, not the law.  If it were safe for you to drive
>100mph down MOPAC then go right ahead.  But it is not.  If it is safe to 
>ride on the sidewalk then there is no reason not to.

It is not safe for the pedestrians for you to ride on the sidewalk. 
Speaking as a sometimes-pedestrian myself, I've been almost run over by
bikers on the sidewalks before.  And do you think it is safe to ride
between the lanes of traffic like I've seen many bikers do?

>  Oh, isn't that cute.  It sounds like you are running out of things to
>say because you are starting to accuse everyone who is expressing his 
>personal opinions of name-calling.  

Expressing personal opinions is fine.  However, applying derogatory and
often false labels to others (like "lazy"), is a rather low form of
expression.  If you want to debate the topic at hand, do so.  But good
debaters refrain from namecalling.

>>It is against the law.
>
> It shouldn't be.  The laws were written for cars.  They are not
>appropriate for bikes in every case.

The laws which prohibit riding bikes on the sidewalks weren't written for
cars.  They were written to protect the pedestrians from bikers.  The laws
about riding between the lanes of traffic weren't written for cars.  The
laws about running red lights when the traffic lets up a little weren't
written just for cars.

                                ++Don Nash

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