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Who owns the road?
Apr. 18th, 2007 02:27 pmI've been meaning to write this for a while, and I'm about six strong posts behind, so I figured I'd better get started....
Quite a while back I was in a discussion about various kinds of vehicles, and what were legal on which road types (learned far too much about what a rural road is compared to an urban collector). We got into a discussion of what made it right to select or restrict vehicles from certain roads, and I came to a point that got lost, I think. So, I'm bringing it here for further interest and so people can expand or refute it to mutual benefit.
I, strangely enough, am fond of rules. If I know the rules, I know what is acceptable, what is reasonable, what is right. My father often told me I'd be "dead right" one day, because of it. Thing is, rules are my guidelines so I don't screw up too badly, and without them I'm entirely lost (and prone to be a recluse/hermit), so I don't see me changing any. What I *AM* changing is my attempts to make sure everyone else follows those rules, as if I were the enforcement authority. I'm bad about pushing others out of convenient violations into compliance, making them mad at me (and not so much with the rules, for some reason).
Why do I say this? Because I made the comment (paraphrased) "after a fashion, car drivers, as taxpayers, DO own the road." And, well, this is true, because they pay the fuel surcharges, taxes, and licensing fees. These are the rules, and following them SHOULD, in my mind, convey rights and responsibilities.
Here is where the debate can begin.
( the rest inside, as this got kinda longish )
Quite a while back I was in a discussion about various kinds of vehicles, and what were legal on which road types (learned far too much about what a rural road is compared to an urban collector). We got into a discussion of what made it right to select or restrict vehicles from certain roads, and I came to a point that got lost, I think. So, I'm bringing it here for further interest and so people can expand or refute it to mutual benefit.
I, strangely enough, am fond of rules. If I know the rules, I know what is acceptable, what is reasonable, what is right. My father often told me I'd be "dead right" one day, because of it. Thing is, rules are my guidelines so I don't screw up too badly, and without them I'm entirely lost (and prone to be a recluse/hermit), so I don't see me changing any. What I *AM* changing is my attempts to make sure everyone else follows those rules, as if I were the enforcement authority. I'm bad about pushing others out of convenient violations into compliance, making them mad at me (and not so much with the rules, for some reason).
Why do I say this? Because I made the comment (paraphrased) "after a fashion, car drivers, as taxpayers, DO own the road." And, well, this is true, because they pay the fuel surcharges, taxes, and licensing fees. These are the rules, and following them SHOULD, in my mind, convey rights and responsibilities.
Here is where the debate can begin.
( the rest inside, as this got kinda longish )
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