>>But it might make some of these yellow spandex clad bicycle elitists to have some empathy for what normal people go through just to get to work
They go to work too. But what do you “have to go through”?
You are sitting on a very comfortable seat, listening to an expensive sound system, in air conditioned comfort. You have a cup of coffee in a drink holder. You have your cell phone on Bluetooth. You have a roof and a windshield to protect you from rain. And all you need to do to move is twitch your foot a half an inch and a couple hundred horsepower responds to your wishes.
Wow. It’s like you are living in a nazi death camp.
I need a state license, Have to pay exorbitant taxes, have to go through an annual approval process, and the state has to approve what my car smells like or I have to pay hefty fines.
I just want bicycles to have to do the same — it is only fair