Module 3 Reading response post 2

For this reading response, I will be reflecting on Randy Cohen’s “If Kant Were a New York Cyclist.

I found Cohen’s argument for disobedience of road laws while cycling in an urban environment entertaining and ultimately well-grounded. I think that the reason why rolling through red lights and stop signs while cycling in an urban environment is ok if you are conscious of your surroundings and comfortable with the environment you’re biking in. This trend in cyclist disobeying road laws is the product of a less-than-ideal city plan for transportation and traffic flow. Because cyclists cannot get from point A to point B without numerous stoppages, they are disobeying the laws of the road in attempt to compensate for a transportation system that does not cater to bicyclists. If it is brought forward as a problem that cyclists are rolling through red lights and stop signs the solution is not to crack down on cyclists who do this; but to implement a system which doesn’t make them need to do this. An example of this would be a ‘bike highway’ which separates bikers from the most high-traffic areas of a city, creating a safer and more efficient transit system.

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