Originally Posted by
junior.VH-LFA
It should be an unalienable Australian right to be able to take your skateboard on the freeway and make trucks and buses try and avoid you.
If you want to use the roads as an example, at least use the right classes of vehicles - you are talking about private vs. commercial.
If private cars were restricted from using freeways, commercial drivers would be celebrating. They would tell you how private drivers didn't understand the braking distances required for a truck, so it is too dangerous to mix cars and trucks on the same road. They would tell you how much extra fuel it would cost if they had to deal with car traffic. They would tell you that buses have many more passengers than cars, so cars should not be allowed to delay them. They would tell you that they are doing productive work, vs. the private car drivers just out for a drive or visiting friends.
They would probably be right. Many (e.g. public transport advocates) would support banning private vehicles on freeways and having everyone take public transport. The world might be a better place. But it would be very different.
You didn't realize commercial pilots were public transport zealot greenies, did you
