Outlaw the Car

If public motor vehicles were outlawed and everyone switched to bikes and trains, the world would be a much better place. A massive number of problems would be solved nearly instantaneously.

Lets do what I always do and make a list:

1) Less fatties. More happies. Commuting on a bike everyday is 5 million times as much exercise as pushing down some silly little pedals. Exercise leads to healthier skinnier people and elevates mood => happiness.

2) Greatly limit the number of fatal vehicular accidents. Dying while riding a bike is hard unless of course you are hit by what? Oh yes, a car. Without cars, bicyclists are much safer. First of all, bikes max speed is around 30 mph discounting tailwinds and/or downhills. Secondly, mass of bike <<<<<<<<<<<<<<< mass of car. Thirdishly, bikes are smaller in all dimensions, filling less road area and decreasing collision occurrences. People can still get hurt or killed by being idiots, but it would be much less likely.

3) Related to 2, less road rage/road arrogance. People are less likely to yell at other people on bikes cause they aren't protected by a ton of metal. I don't pick fights with people when they can reach over and punch me in the face or throw sticks in my spokes. Also, where the heck are you going to put a weapon on a bike, and why would you? That is just adding unnecessary weight.

4) Environmental concerns. While laws keep cars relatively non-polluting nowadays, they still spew a bunch of nasty junk into the atmosphere that doesn't belong there and can cause a multitude of problems all of which we might not see. Switching to bikes means the whole world won't become like Beijing.

5) No more need for gasoline. While we won't escape our dependence on oil as there are many important petroleum products, our dependence will be greatly reduced if we stop burning large quantities just to move ourselves around in bulky pieces of metal.

6) Everyone can afford a sports "car". The ideal sports cars cost a lot, like $1,000,000 a lot. To get a bike more than $30,000, you have to start gold plating them or adding diamonds. Any person that can afford an average car can afford a super high end bike. -> The new American dream that can actually be achieved!

7) Recreate communities. Having a lower top end speed, bikes obviously decrease the maximum range a person can go per unit time. This would lead to decreases in the average distance people would want to live from their workplace and extended families. Communities would grow stronger as a larger portion of people would live and work in the same community and actually care about it.

I will accept write in votes for the U. S. House of Representatives if you support my outlaw the car policy.