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Originally Posted by jettore
I think this a great idea, especially since I bike to work 8 months out of the year. There is one downside, the additional idiot bikers this will put out on the road. There are already too many people riding on the sidewalks and riding the wrong way down one way streets. This program may potential unleash hundreds of additional idiots on the roads and sidewalks(most without helmets). Do these programs include bicycle safety information and enforce helmet requirements to be a member of the program?
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My thoughts exactly, except might I suggest that 99% of bicyclists in this city fit into the category above (esp. if you include those who run red lights and stop signs).
I don't think I could handle more annoying bicyclists than there already are (spoken as both a car driver, scooter rider AND as a pedestrian [I've been hit and nearly-hit by so many ******* bicyclists this year as a pedestrian]).
Maybe a Scooter Share would we better, since scooter riders tend to obey traffic laws, unlike bicyclists?