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Re: Main St traffic and the new Bus Only lanes |
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Posted by BusMgr on Sat Nov 28 23:46:03 2015, in response to Re: Main St traffic and the new Bus Only lanes, posted by BrooklynBus on Sat Nov 28 14:19:21 2015. Let's put to the side the acts of pedestrians who suddenly dart into traffic, and just consider the rights of ordinarily prudent persons. It is axiomatic that there exists a God-given right, a right that is Constitutionally-protected, for people to walk about. There is no such right to operate motor vehicles (and probably not so for bicycles either). Motor vehicles were imposed onto a pedestrian world, are inherently dangerous, and operating them requires special training, licensure, and rules of operation to ensure reasonable safety for others. Such is not the case with walking, and we should, as a society, be very cautious about restricting this natural right. That being said, there are many motorists who are irresponsible (and I will include in this category the bus drivers who believe that operation of public transportation vehicles is a privileged activity for which everyone needs to get out of their way), and given the grave danger imposed by those irresponsible motorists, the wise pedestrian will walk defensively, and take those actions reasonably necessary to avoid a collision and possible death, even though they should not have to do so. |
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