Going beyond the plan to ride the highway, some of the discussion seems
like a social science experiment gone weird: We are going to tell the
people who contributed to the bicycle trail, some of them motorists who
mostly drive the highway, that if they ponied up money in the interest of
safety, the joke is on them -- because many bicylists will insist on their
legal right to ride the highway. And then there will be data to collect
about what happens when people are told they have no sense of humor.
Wouldn't it be better if bicyclists and motorists and people who do both
could continue cooperating?
Don H. Coombs