| "Find me a boat, or even a rental, for less than $100." This is, again, a moot tangent. Please focus on the important point - that a license can be obtain very easily through online education. And yes, many people practically give away old canoes. Strap a trolling motor on it and you need a license. "find me a government enforced license where that isn’t true?" Apiary license, among others. "Even if we take the data at face value and say the driver and cyclists are at equally at fault, then surely we should allocate greater responsibility to the individual in the position of greater power?" Moot. The percentage of shared contributing factors is low. "might well be marked down as a contributory factor." Sure, then we can exclude the very small number with the shared contributing factors. "The article spends quite a bit of time explaining why you can’t draw the conclusions you’ve derived from the data" Where at? "After all, driver chose to get into a machine quite capable to killing as a consequence of minor fault on the part of the operator, the cyclist didn’t." Bias again. That is a consequence, although more rare, for cyclists. "Surely drivers should take responsibility for their use of such a deadly machine, rather than just expecting everyone else to compensate for their mistakes with potentially fatal outcomes?" Tangent, again. I never said anything about drivers not accepting responsibility for their actions. In a proper system, all participants should be anticipating faults of others for maximum safety. "If you want your licence for bike argue to hold any water, you need to explain why it shouldn’t apply to walking as well." No, you're the one pulling in walking and the onus would be on you to show why it should. You can research case law cycling DUI and explain to me why it applies to bicycles and not walking - there will be your answers. It seems you're not interested in a real discussion and have provided substantial bias in your writing. Good luck. I'm done here. |
That’s ok, I can see you’ve already decided how this issue should be “fixed”, and you’re not interested in learning more. Ultimately the world isn’t heading in the direction you think it should, so I won’t worry too much about your view points.