You seem to misunderstand the founding principles on this country, which, among other thing favor private property and individual over society as a whole. Most people do not suggest everyone but them has to sacrifice. Me, for example, am saying 'apply rules across the board', which in this case means liceses for bikes if they want to drive on the road with everyone else, who is licensed.
Is that narcissist to ask that the same standard is applied?
Licenses aren't for road use. They're for motor vehicle operation. You are also free to use a road without a license if you use a vehicle that doesn't require a license. Or your feet.
<< Licenses aren't for road use. They're for motor vehicle operation
I am talking about what could be. You are arguing for what is currently in play in US ( in old country, for example, we did have bicycle licenses ).
Otoh, your argument suggests that I could drive the following[1] on the street and expect that the cops won't stop me, because, after all, just like a bike, it does not require a license. As you can see, the argument breaks down easily.
The issue is, a lot of the rules of the road depend on some common sense. Not an insignificant part of what bicycles are doing on US roads is not common sense. Hence my argument: "you want to be on the road, be subject to the same rules". I do not think it is unreasonable.
> As you can see, the argument breaks down easily.
I'm not following. I'm definitely not seeing any such thing. Do you think someone should be allowed to drive this [1] on a public road as long as they have a driver's license? Obviously (I hope) not. The vehicles that are allowed to be used on a road are already regulated separately.
> Not an insignificant part of what bicycles are doing on US roads is not common sense.
One of the problems with appealing to "common sense" is that no one agrees on which things are common sense. It's common sense to me that bicycles should be ridden on the road, and rarely ever on the sidewalk. Yet there are people that I think honestly believe that common sense should dictate the opposite. Where does that leave us?
A lot of bicyclists run stop signs and ride the wrong way. That bothers me. A lot of motor vehicle drivers exceed the speed limit and use cell phones while driving. That also bothers me.
More traffic calming measures? Commercial licenses for those giant pickups SUVs? Less "free" parking? Require 100 miles of transportation cycling to get a drivers' license, for those physically able? Higher gas taxes?
Is that narcissist to ask that the same standard is applied?