DC> Some cities have tried to ban bicycles from roads, 
 DC> but usually they will lose
 DC> unless there are REAL reasons for doing so... Most 
 DC> times if the road is that
 DC> bad, cyclists don't want to go there... or are 
 DC> better lured away by better
 DC> options... that is better, not imagined better by politicians.
  
Some cities or municipalities HAVE been successful at imposing a total ban on 
cyclists, and with the blessing of not only the Provincial Government but of 
the RCMP as well. Just west of calgary is a secondary highway which links the 
towns of Springbank and Bragg Creek to Calgary. The good Tory (read that 
Filthy  [insert appropriate expletive] Rich Tories) decided that we cyclists 
have quite frankly been getting in their way while they were commuting to and 
from work with their cell phones glued to their ears and their brains stuck 
in neutral. The council decided arbitrarily to ban cyclists from this 
secondary highway so as not to pose a hazzard to motorists. This action is 
now being challenged before the Supreme Court of Canada but seems to be mired 
in beurocratic bs temporarily. If this challenge is lost, cycling in Canada 
is doomed. We'll all have to purchase a chase car equiped with flashing 
lights to drive both in front of us and behind just to notify other motorists 
that there is a cyclist on the road. This more or less defeats the whole 
purpose of human powered conveyances such as bicycles. If this trend 
continues we might as well retire our bikes to the garage rafters, grow roots 
into our couches and become just another "Fat Tory" (much like a certain Mr. 
Klein and Mr. Harris).
--- Maximus 3.01
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