Re: Bikes (was Re: GUN CONTROL)

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From: Andrew Laska
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 1994 21:12

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Donald L. Nash (D.Nash@utexas.edu) wrote:

: >You may think that riders have no rights. 

: I never wrote anything asserting this.  In fact, I have frequently
: acknowledged that they do have rights.  I've been contesting their
: responsibilities, word slips on my part notwithstanding.

I think I confused you. I wasn't directly responding to you but the 
respondents who are simply ignorant of law and selfish about rights.
Sorry about the confusion.

: On the UT Austin campus, the situation is almost the reverse.  Bikers get
: away with just about anything down here.  They ride on the sidewalks and
: run over pedestrians.  They run stop signs with wild abandon.  They speed
: on the downhill slopes (campus speed limit is 15 mph), and pass cars

This is different than what I am discussing. The issue you bring up is 
one of enforcability in this particular case. My experience near the UT 
campus suggests that a lerge percentage of people operating vehicles 
break the law from time to time regardless of that class of vehicle.

Andrew

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