Response to If Kant Were a New York Cyclist/Is it O.K. to kill Cyclists?

In the article, “If Kant Were a New York Cyclist”, Randy Cohen talks about how he rides through the streets of New York City. At first I found it pretty surprising to read the line “But although it is illegal, I believe it is ethical”. But, as I continued reading, I actually agreed with the points that he made. It seemed pretty ethical, although at the same time the things he does disobeys the law which brings a bunch of contradiction because his way of riding seems a lot more logical. He makes a good point as to how cars are much different from bicycles. Questions that arise from the article are: 1. Should bicycles be let off easy to breaking the rules of the road? 2. Should there be different laws and rules that apply to bicycles and cars?

Also if bikers have these advantages to breaking the law, I might as well stop driving around and get into biking more.

In the article, “Is it O.K. to kill Cyclists?”, he talks about driver and biker relationships on the road that often lead to death and how these drivers are let off easily. I honestly think its absolutely ridiculous to let drivers off that easy especially for reasons of them not being drunk and driving recklessly like the teenager who got a $42 ticket for an unsafe lane change. I think its incredibly dumb because if the bicyclist is killed, they should treat it like they treat murder because there is no justice for the cyclist’s family if they’re let off that easy.