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Bill De Blasio Eyes License Requirement for Bike Riders

posted by janrinok on Friday September 06 2019, @11:09AM   Printer-friendly
from the o-wheely? dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said he is considering requiring bicyclists to be licensed and registered like automobile drivers currently are.

According to a report in the New York Daily News on Wednesday, the mayor also wants to expand the city's safety regulations, which already have won it a nanny-state reputation, to include requiring Citi Bike renters to wear helmets.

Mr. de Blasio called the idea of forcing cyclists to have licenses and registration a "valid discussion," the Daily News reported, and added that he also plans a crackdown on cyclists who break traffic laws.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/4/bill-de-blasio-eyes-licenses-bike-riders/

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 06 2019, @11:40PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 06 2019, @11:40PM (#890763)

    Last year we averaged around one mass shooting per day. A mass shooting is defined as 4 or more victims. So, a floor on the folks harmed by gun violence is 4 times higher than your number. And, then add all the non-mass shooting violence, the number grows much higher.

    A cyclist flipping you off because you drive like a dickhead could be called, "a harm" done to you, but it is a completely different category of harm.

    TLDR I'd rather have morons running around with bikes than morons running around with guns.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 07 2019, @01:25AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 07 2019, @01:25AM (#890792)

    The cyclist probably did you a favor, bringing to your attention a situation that could have ended badly.

    I do not use bikes on the road anymore. I don't consider myself fit to use one. But I do consider the road is public, for his use as much as for mine.