Robert Wisdom
Tue, 23 Jul 2002 10:08:15 -0700
On Tuesday, July 23, 2002, at 09:33 AM, Peter Rosenfeld wrote:
> Where I draw the lines are facilities that increase or reinforce
> excessively dangerous activities. Due to the high potential of
> dooring in city areas, I feel that door zone bike lanes fit into
> this category. In such a case, I would call the facility an "attractive
> nuisance" in the legal sense. I also feel there are ethical issues
> in knowingly designing a facility that gives a false sense of security.
Let's put it into numbers. How many dooring deaths, linked to use of
bike lanes, do you consider excessive? I think the benefits of bike lanes
would be worth 10 deaths per state per year. So 500 deaths per year; less
than one in a million. Can you make the case that there are anywhere near
that many dooring deaths linked to bike lanes?
Robert
(Now is probably a good time to not I speak only for myself here :-)
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