| Re: Cyclist Payback???
In article <20040424221814.27047.00000289@mb-m19.aol.com>,
Hunrobe <hunrobe@aol.com> wrote:
>>tap@venturi.cfr.washington.edu (Trent Piepho)
>>Would removing the skewers or loosing the brake cable on a bicycle count, or
>>does it only apply to motor vehicles? What do the courts consider sabotaging
>>bicycles? Community service?
>
>Yes, I know that last is not what you were asking. You were attempting to claim
>that the law considers a motor vehicle more "valuable" than a bicycle and of
>course it does, but not because of any bias. It's simply a function of
No, I was claiming that the law considers people in cars more valuable than
people on bicycles. Removing skewers is like cutting the brake lines on a
car. The perpetrator is sabotaging the vehicle intending to cause serious
injury or death to the user. A felony done to a person in a car, beneath
notice if done to someone on a bicycle.
And before you say people don't do this, I've found my brakes undone and a
co-worker has discovered his front skewer was missing.
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