Too stupid for words. My class M is downwards compatible for all the scooter and moped licenses so it sure encompasses bicycle should licensure ever become an issue. Unless...your real motivation is just to stick it to bicycle owners regardless. Hmmmmm.
> Unless...your real motivation is just to stick it to bicycle owners regardless. Hmmmmm.
No, my real motivation is to advocate licensing for bicycle riders.
I do not believe there should be downward compatibility with your motorbike license because a bicycle is not a motor vehicle. It enjoys different rules to a motorbike: sometimes it can behave like a pedestrian (eg be walked across an intersection) and sometimes it behaves like a motor vehicle, and sometimes it behaves like neither.
Riding a bicycle safely requires skills that — it is apparent — many bike riders do not have, or do not choose to use. And there is a gap in the laws that allow for unequal treatment of bicycles.
For example, exactly how / should a DUI bicyclist be penalized? How do you suspend his license to ride? Are drunks on bikes dangerous? You bet.
And aside from fines, how do you punish reckless bike riders? There are plenty of those on the road: go downtown to any major city where there are bike couriers if you want proof.
I cannot think of one good reason why bicycle riders — such as yourself — should not be separately licensed and insured whenever you ride. What’s your excuse?
“Too stupid for words?” I don’t think so.