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Re:In Marin, if you speed on your bicycle you're now going t... by 0xADEADBEE on Saturday January 21, 2017 @12:49AM (#13449019)
The whole reason speed limits for motor vehicles is a reasonable concept is that the majority of them weigh more than a ton. Applying similar logic to bicycles is asinine.
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Re:In Marin, if you speed on your bicycle you're now going t... by cjensen on Saturday January 21, 2017 @01:02AM (#13449064)
People routinely break their own bones when mountain bike riding. There is plenty of momentum available to do serious damage.

It's a shared trail. Would it be safe for hikers if someone rode a bike at 100mph? Of course not. To paraphrase Churchill, we've established the need for a speed limit, so the only thing left to discuss is which speed to set the limit at.

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