Have you ever wondered why bicyclists figure they are entitled to bike only lanes throughout the city of Vancouver?
Do bicyclists pay road and transit taxes when they ' fill-up' their tires with air?
Do bicyclists pay a license fee and display a plate for use on city streets?
Do bicycles have to have mandatory insurance against collisions with other bikes and cars when on the city streets?
Do bicyclists have to pay outrageous parking fees when in the city, or can they just chain
themselves to every planter, handrail, and no parking sign post for free?
Are city bicyclists exempt from helmet laws, stopping at red lights, riding on the sidewalks,
going the wrong way on one way streets, or other bylaws and rules of the road?
They may be healthier for riding a bike, but I ask, should it come at a cost to all the car drivers that pay the road taxes, fees, and insurance on their cars, just so cyclists can get a free ride?
Let's level up the playing field and charge them accordingly, and have them follow the same rules of the road as drivers, then they would have earned the right to those separated lanes.
Grumblings By,
Ranty Looney.