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Comment Re:Sorry, but... (Score 1) 201

And like the C5 - and the Segway - its few devotees will continue to claim that the problems will be dealt with by re-designing entire cities in order to facilitate their particular mode of transport.

Actually, in the Netherlands and many other countries, cities are redesigned to accomodate more and faster cycling. See this new cycling highway recently built in the Netherlands. Guess what vehicles were used for the opening ceremony.

Comment Re:Sharing the road (Score 1) 201

I think it is you who never rode a recumbent in traffic. I use recumbents for my daily commute and long trips for ten years now. Even lowracers in a busy city. Since a year i ride a velomobile (a real one, without engine). It is less dangerous than riding a traditional bicycle in traffic. Of course one should never count on being seen, but the main problem with visibility is 'rubber necking'. Drivers don't see anything else but your velomobile. Luckily, I never heard one crash into something until now. *knock knock*.

Comment Re:Or... (Score 1) 446

Or even that using drones instead of soldiers kills less civilians. Care to guess how many civilians die if we have to invade Pakistan with the army instead of calling in a drone? The historical ratio for conventional military invasion is something like 100 times worse in terms of killing civilians.

Comment Re:Stupider logic (Score 1, Informative) 533

So since drinking lots of alcohol is legal and driving a car is legal then drink driving should be legal? Voltaire is correct but the absurdity here is your argument.

Drinking is legal. Driving is legal. Having had drinks prior to driving is also legal, up to a limit. That's because after that limit you're a danger to yourself and also society. How is having sex a danger to society?

Well, the most obvious answer would seem to be spread of disease.

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