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Cop pulls you over on a bicycle:
"Drivers License and registration please"
"I don't need those, I'm not driving this bicycle, I'm travelling on it officer. Private conveyance. I don't contract with DMV."
"Right you are sir, have a nice day!"
Why haven't the sovcits cottoned on to this loophole?!
With the average commute to work in the US being 16 mi one way, The average speed of riding a bicycle in the city being 15 mph, that makes the average commute to work just over an hour long (over 2x the 27 minutes it takes in a car). If you work in a job that requires you to be presentable, then you need to add another 15 minutes to take a quick shower and change (if your workplace even has such facilities).
Obviously, this changes with e-bikes, but there's not really a practical difference between most modern e-bikes and an electric moped.
Cars are the ultimate symbol of freedom because you just get in and go wherever to do whatever.
Pick nanna up? sure. Go buy her groceries? Sure. In the pouring rain? Ok. Pick up her dog from the vet? Yep. Drop by the garden store and grab 50kg of fertilizer? You bet.
You can do all of those things with out any planning or notice. You just get in and go wherever the day takes you.
I'm a bit bonkers about bikes. I have a cargo e-bike. It absolutely could do all of these things in separate trips. Doing all of them together would be a challenge but I am 100% here for that so long as nanna is. The main difference is planning. You need different gear, like a bike trailer for example. You're also probably going to pick the right time of day, like early before it gets too hot or too windy, provided that it's not raining.
That freedom comes at quite a cost. Both to the driver and society. Riding a bike puts the "free" in freedom
Taking a vacation road trip from Florida to the Grand Canyon with three kids with only bikes also comes at quite the cost. Bikes are great, but in many practical scenarios they are slow. Not all of us live in Manhattan, or a dense city, or even a well connected and safe to traverse suburb.
Bikes cost time.
It is much easier to take a bike with you on a train than it is a car.
Sure there are situations where bikes aren't suitable.
Bikes cost time. You have to think of the time it has cost you to earn the money to buy, run, and maintain a car.
Where are you all buying bike that don't hurt your wallet to replace? I guess there are Walmart bikes but I've literally had a huffy fall apart while in motion.
Used bikes can be had for like 20 bucks. You even find them for free on the side of the street, but you just need bolt cutters.
anything is free if you have the required equipment and skill
Huffy
There's your problem.
My city has extreme height changes on almost every road -- you'd have to be a seriously beefy rider to commute with a bike
Ebike?
Pedal assist bikes exist, source am heavy ass bike commuter that has to go uphill to work.
Lol same. You can't jog in my neighborhood, well some can. Even walking around is quite difficult going up some streets.
Green Mario's most loyal companion
Princess peach? or are you meaning companion as "friend" rather than "paramour"?