I agree with gitarcarver about pedestrian and bicyclist access to drive-through-only food service, and would be inclined to deny a license to a drive-through place that did not offer such access. But the drive-through needs statutory immunity for any lawsuits from pedestrian and bicyclist injury in a drive-through lane.

I’m also wondering how a deaf driver is to communicate with clients.

Using a drive through as a walk up is simply not safe.

Why?

Are drivers so blinded by the thought of a hot taco or burger they can’t see a person standing in the middle of the lane?

I agree that the theory that someone would attempt to hold the restaurant liable for an injury, but that doesn’t make that action right.

If a person were crossing a street and were struck by a car, or even if protesters are blocking traffic and a car pushes them, we generally don’t hold the state or the police accountable for that. We hold the pedestrian and driver accountable for their actions.

I happen to ride a bike and have been told that I can not use a drive through. Motorcycles / scooters / mopeds can use a drive through, but I cannot. Even though I am under the same laws of the road as motorized vehicles and have to follow those same laws, I can’t get in a line at a drive through?

Where’s the “common sense” in that?