So now bicyclists are the bane of Penn State, or at least according to columnist Zachariah Tomazin they are ("Penn State must enforce stricter regulations for bicyclists," Feb. 23).

Perhaps for a moment we should turn the tables and examine pedestrians.

I am referring, of course, to the people who cross the road wherever and whenever they please, stopping traffic on a whim. I am also talking about the people who walk about, talking on their cell phones, oblivious to the world around them.

So when you see a collision between a cyclist and pedestrian, why would you assume that the biker is at fault? However, ignoring the writer's insinuations and generalizations, it's the comparisons and suggestions that are most laughable. Bicycles being comparable to cars -- really?

Aside from the fact that none of us have ever heard of a bicycle-related fatality, the reality of the situation is that cars drive much faster, require much more skill to operate and are, essentially, more deadly than their two-wheeled cousins.

These differences alone should hint to Tomazin why his parallel of bicycle citations is grossly unrealistic.

But, to be blunt about it, no administrator of the police or university would ever consider pulling police resources away from the roads to enforce traffic laws or the community where officers protect people's safety and assign them to monitor campus sidewalks for rude bikers.

If Tomazin longs for his days at Montana State University (MSU), where sidewalks are free of bikers, perhaps he should consider a few numbers.

MSU's student population of 10,000 students utilizing a campus of 1,170 acres is not the same as the Penn State population of almost 43,000 using a campus that is almost five times as large at 5,448 acres.

But I suggest that he simply join the rest of the student population in putting away their cell phones and being aware of what is going on around them when walking to class.