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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.
According to the author,______.
选项 A、cycling is less dangerous than driving a vehicle
B、the injury rate on arterials is not high
C、arterial roads are not much more hazardous than other roads for cyclists
D、the accident rate for arterials is no higher than other roads
答案C
解析 属事实细节题。第二段末尾指出，对于自行车手来说，干线公路的伤亡率并不比其他道路高多少，说明干线公路并不比其他道路危险。
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