The over abundance of safety is another leech sucking the life blood out of the taxpayers. The city near me wants 6 figures to repave a bike path across town and they call it a safety issue.
When I was a kid I rode my bike on the driveway and around the yard. When I got older I rode on the dirt roads for miles.
Same here. I rode on asphalt, too.
It’s another tactic to make people more dependent and helpless, IMO.