> Full speed on the sidewalk is not good cycling but many of them think they own the street and sidewalk.
That’s because they haven’t had to pay for the privilege of transport.
They don’t sit a driver’s license, they don’t have to register their vehicles, they don’t have to keep their vehicles roadworthy, they don’t pay road taxes, and they don’t have to carry insurance. Yet they get identical rights on the roads that others have paid for as motor vehicles.
Cyclists are freeloaders of the worst sort.
“They don’t sit a driver’s license, they don’t have to register their vehicles, they don’t have to keep their vehicles roadworthy, they don’t pay road taxes, and they don’t have to carry insurance. Yet they get identical rights on the roads that others have paid for as motor vehicles.”
We don’t require the services of cars and trucks. We don’t tear up the pavement like trucks. We don’t cause the same damages as cars and trucks.
If the taxes and fees paid equates to rights, then shouldn’t the guys who truck M1 battle tanks on our Interstates be able to abuse car drivers? Would semi drivers be calling for Mini drivers to be taken off of the road, or worse, killed? I mean, the average pickup doesn’t pay $50k a year in road taxes, or the hefty insurance fees, etc... should pickup trucks be relegated to special trails that go nowhere close to something they’d like to drive to, or forced onto the sidewalks?
“Cyclists are freeloaders of the worst sort.”
Yeah those bicycles really tear up that pavement.
Most cyclists are also drivers. They pay their share.
For those 18 and over who cycle on public roadways, licensing and liability insurance should be mandatory.
That’s defective logic of the worst sort, unless you’re just referring to riders under 16.
“They don’t sit a driver’s license, they don’t have to register their vehicles, they don’t have to keep their vehicles roadworthy, they don’t pay road taxes, and they don’t have to carry insurance. Yet they get identical rights on the roads that others have paid for as motor vehicles.”
Thats a very good point. There is a big difference between a 12 year old riding his bike and some 28 yr old thug expecting special treatment.
>>They don’t sit a driver’s license, they don’t have to register their vehicles, they don’t have to keep their vehicles roadworthy, they don’t pay road taxes, and they don’t have to carry insurance. Yet they get identical rights on the roads that others have paid for as motor vehicles.
Cyclists are freeloaders of the worst sort.<<
Almost every cyclist I know owns at least one car. The wear and tear cycles put on roads are similar to the wear pedestrians put on roads. That is one reason they are not taxed. But hey, if you want to pay tax for your kids bikes every year...
Do you also want to tax baby joggers and baby carriages?
While you are at it, what else besides bike riders do you want to tax?
Or are you running for office on the Democratic Ticket and are just looking to increase my taxes?
Damn Liberal!
Always looking for a new think to tax.
“They don’t sit a driver’s license, they don’t have to register their vehicles, they don’t have to keep their vehicles roadworthy, they don’t pay road taxes, and they don’t have to carry insurance. Yet they get identical rights on the roads that others have paid for as motor vehicles.”
When did FR champion the thought that people ought to be subject to more registrations, inspections, and taxes? Is government not big enough for you? :D
Plus I think the whole argument of cost of road wear kinda falls apart when you consider how much damage a tiny bike does to a road compared to a semi.
Personally my attitude is this: Cyclists say they want to be given the same respect as cars. Fine; then ride like a car. No blowing through stop signs, no riding on sidewalks, use signals, etc.
Act like idiots and they should expect the same treatment they’d get if they drove a car on the sidewalks and ran stopsigns - tickets, jail, or dead.