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Originally Posted by Jinn
Big, fast moving things have had the 'right of way' since the beginning of time. It has nothing to esoteric deconstructions of society or our materialistic association with manufactured materials.
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Really? As Shakran pointed out, maritime laws agree with the land laws and have for centuries. And only in the absence of codified law did the bigger faster thing have the right of way.
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Originally Posted by Jinn
It has to do with me traveling 60 miles per hour, 88 feet per second, with a stopping distance over three hundred feet and bicycles who think that they are somehow legally entitled to travel on the same thoroughfare. It's just as much about my safety as theirs, and has nothing to do with our respective moral or human worth. I recognize that bicycles MAY travel on these roadways in a legal sense, but that doesn't mean (as aptly characterized above) that they OUGHT to, or that the law should allow them to. By extension, neither should I make it comfortable for them to endanger themselves and myself in such a way.
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Congratulations, you've gone from inconsiderate driver to vigilante. You have the duty to avoid causing accidents regardless of what vehicle you're driving, which would include causing someone else to wreck. Failure to do so is a crime in all 50 states.
The thing is bicycles don't "think" they are legally entitled - they are, pure and simple. Don't like it? Talk to your state legislature. If you're going to do something to a cyclist, don't be surprised if you end up in jail or worse. You'll be completely in the wrong both legally and morally.