Unsafe at any speed?-Path beside Beach Rd

Zebee Johnstone wrote:
In aus.bicycle on Thu, 10 May 2007 14:40:05 +0800
Theo Bekkers wrote:

That is,a nd was, my understanding of your, an Euan's, position.

1. You think anyone should be allowed to ride a bike without
training.
2. Anyone wanting to drive a car should have bicycle training as a
compulsory part of obtaining a licence.

So it follows that the only people properly, or formally, trained to
ride a bicycle will be the people driving cars, very few of whom
would ever ride a bicycle.

And what is this training about? Is it in bicycle mechanics like
starting and stopping and such, which either all need or none do, or
is it roadcraft?

And if it is roadcraft, is that how to read others, or is that how to
behave?

If it is how to behave, then will your trained riders know what the
untrained ones are going to do? Considering that the problem is to
solve drivers not knowing what cyclists are going to do, why train
people who are not going to cycle, but not train those who are?

Exactly. Would make more sense to insist bicycle riders have a driver's
licence. At least that way they would get the bicycle training. :-)

theo