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As a bicycle commuter, club cyclist, and fan of lightweight electric vehicles, I’m very interested in maintaining the legal righ

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问题     As a bicycle commuter, club cyclist, and fan of lightweight electric vehicles, I’m very interested in maintaining the legal right of drivers of slow vehicles to access every destination they choose. Historically, drivers of slower vehicles including bicycles, tractors, and horse-drawn carriages have been allowed to use virtually every roadway not posted with a minimum speed limit beyond the vehicle’s capabilities. With few exceptions, these minimum speed limits apply only to controlled-access freeways that do not provide exclusive access to destinations and are redundant to local roads accessible to slow vehicles. This status quo protects the travel rights of people without the use of highspeed vehicles.
    An increasing number of new suburban communities, especially in the Sunbelt, feature highspeed(40-50 mph)arterial roads as the only useful through roads connecting increasingly segregated land uses such as residences, shopping, schools, and employment. At first, many states and cities tried to ban cyclists from these arterial roads, claiming them to be hazardous for them, but bicycling organizations successfully challenged these discriminatory laws by showing that these roads are essential for cyclists to use for basic transportation to everyday destinations, and that the accident data showed that the injury rate on arterials is not much higher than other roads.
    Bicycling organizations and supporters of the Amish, who travel by horse-drawn carriage, have waged a constant political battle in the courts and legislatures for most of a century to protect the right to travel on all streets to important destinations, regardless of the posted minimum speed limit. Bicyclists also worked hard to preserve the legal right to operate according to the same rules as drivers, instead of by pedestrian rules, because the rules for drivers were shown to be much safer and much more convenient for cyclists. Instead of banning bicycles, states and municipalities instead turned their attention toward how to improve accommodation of cyclists. It looks like we may finally be winning the war to protect our constitutional travel rights.
The author wants to maintain the status quo because______.
选项 A、he believes slower vehicles do not need any more access
B、he agrees with minimum speed limits
C、he believes that minimum speed limits should be eradicated
D、he believes in the rights of slower vehicles
答案D
解析 属事实细节题。文章开头指出，作者热衷于维护慢速交通工具驾驶者到达目的地的合法权利。第一段结尾又说到，这种现状保护了不使用高速交通工具者的出行权利。
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