prizrak;n3543212 said:
The way it is written it does appear that way, and yeah I agree no farmer is going to let you just hop in their tractor and go wild.
Even an experienced operator can make mistakes. Or you could be like my father and bury the damned tractor doing something you shouldn't...
prizrak;n3543212 said:
It's not a question of good vs bad, just a question of tracking and enforcement. If that lady would have left and your MiL was not there to stop her, your wife would have still had a chance to catch the plates and call it in.
Yes and no. I think most people are good and would do the right thing if they backed into someone's vehicle. This lady on the other hand would have driven off scot-free if she'd left just 30 seconds later. My wife and MiL were walking into the store when it happened.
On that note though, since it happened in a parking lot really the police won't do a whole lot. Apparently only roads fall under their jurisdiction when it comes to vehicle accidents.
prizrak;n3543212 said:
Can't imagine there being a big problem with anything holding up traffic then
Most of the time, no. Traffic is pretty easy to deal with. Even in the larger city. I try to stay off of the main road with all the shopping on weekends, but beyond that there's not much to worry about.
Occasionally you'll round a corner and find one of these though:
Something that big can go whatever speed it wants, because there's no way around it... :lol:
prizrak;n3543212 said:
But that is the thrust of my argument, they shouldn't, instead of looking at it based on motive power we should look at it from the traffic management and liability standpoint.
I can't say your wrong on that point, but that's going to be on an area by area basis. Not all areas are going to have enough cycle traffic to worry about it.
prizrak;n3543212 said:
I'm not advocating registering all the bikes, just ones you would use on public road. It also not need be very expensive to register them, make it tax funded for all I care, as long as next time some idiot dents my car I can actually get some recompense. Although to be completely honest, the whole expense argument is a non starter with me, things cost money such is life, if you can't afford something you don't do it.
One advantage to having all bikes register would be the serial numbers be traceable like a VIN. That way stolen bikes couldn't be re-registered. Making them less of a target for thieves.
prizrak;n3543212 said:
Also, and this is more NYC thing, poor people don't typically use bicycles as the main mode of transportation. Only higher end apartment buildings that cost $2000+ for a studio in the nicer neighborhoods have inside bike parking and of course any apartments big enough to hold a bike will be more expensive. So most poor people take mass transit.
Quite the opposite here. It's going to be lower income (or even no income) that ride bikes for transport. Though there are some more affluent people in town that commute by bike, not many though. Mass transit is very limited, but oddly enough the trolleys (buses really) do have bicycle racks on the front.