Bikers

Of course riding a bicycle is an excellent source of exercise and recreation, yet many bike riders choose to pedal in car lanes, endangering not only their own lives but the lives of drivers as well. According to bicyclinginfo.org, on average, two bicycle riders were killed every day in 2001. Frequently, bicycle fatalities occur from motorists merging into a bicyclist’s path or vice versa. Can a bicycle rider even go fast enough to be able to keep up with the traffic of cars? Clearly, the answer is no! This is why I am authoring to propose a bill to establish additional bike lanes on all streets.

My first point is that bicyclists tend to merge into a driver’s path. Record Eagle, a northern Michigan newspaper, recently reported a young girl being killed as a result of being hit by a truck while riding her bike. Even though the girl was riding her bike on the side of the road, she still managed to drift into traffic and was unfortunate enough to have been in the path of the truck. A boundary of even just four to five feet would adequately provide enough space for a bike rider to drive safely without interfering with traffic. If this eight year old girl had had her own bicycle lane, she might not have been inclined to veer into