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

I'd say it's safe for me to go 100mph down I-35 outside of town in
good conditions.  But 100mph, is a bit fast, let's say 70mph, for the
sake of argument.

Safe or not, I'm going to get a ticket if a copy sees me (being the
long haired guy with an earring type, I rarely get warnings for actual
moving violations.)

You'll get a ticket for riding your bike on the sidewalk too.

| >It is against the law.
|  It shouldn't be.  The laws were written for cars.  They are not appropriate
| for bikes in every case.  Where they are inappropriate, I do not feel any
| shame in breaking them.

"Well, Your Honor, I felt the law wasn't appropriate for me, so I
broke it ..."

No, I don't want to get involved in this 'bikes' vs 'cars' argument,
but you do need to remember that if you break the law, no matter how
'innappropriate' you may feel that it is, and you get caught, you may
get a ticket or go to jail or something.

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