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In article <D.Nash-0911941817290001@bubba.ots.utexas.edu>, D.Nash@utexas.edu (Donald L. Nash) writes:
> is that your comparison is somewhat flawed.  The taxes you pay on your
> truck entitle you to drive your truck on public roads, not your truck and
> your bike.

	100% wrong.  There is nothing in the Texas Motor Vehicle Code that
states this.  Bicycles are defined as vehicles by the TMVC, and have much
the same rights as any car or truck.

> Personally, I don't like having bikes on the same streets as cars.  It is
> a big inconvenience for the drivers and a big hazard for everyone.  I like
> separate bike lanes, but those have their own problems (like turning left
> when the bike lane is on the right shoulder).

	Well, I often don't like cars on the same street as bikes.  :-)
I'm sure that the extra few seconds you might be delayed getting around some
cyclist is enough of an annoyance that you feel you should be able drive
in such a way as to endanger them.

	I agree that bike lanes are a poor solution, but for different
reasons.  They tend to collect glass and debris, which is more of a immediate
danger than idiot drivers.  In several places around Plano, they stripe the
lanes 11' and 13', which gives cyclists and cars a little more room in the
right lane (though the left lane is a little skinnier).

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