I have three cars and three bikes. Do the taxes I pay for my cars cover me, or should I be charged to ride my bikes on the roads as well?
I find it strange that politicians capitulate to bicyclists who use roads paid by others.
Roads are funded from a wide variety of sources. Many taxes on auto registration and fuel are actually diverted to other things. Cars and trucks wear roads out. Bikes don't.
We need to suggest bike registration and use taxes.
Great idea. Let's do it by weight. Pay whatever your vehicle weighs.
Change the laws to make bicyclists fully comply with road laws.
They already are. The laws obviously aren't enforced as strictly as against motorists, but do you really want little Timmy getting slapped with a ticket because he coasted through the four way stop between his house and the park? He looked both ways he stopped peddling and braked, but his wheels never actually came to a complete stop. Do you want him tagged? Bone headed cyclists doing things like blowing through red lights are already fully subject to traffic laws, and do get tickets.
Make them produce an operator's license and registration when stopped by police. That will really irk the commie b@st@rds.
Governmental approval to ride and own a little bike? Who's the commie?
As you and your ilk support adult provocateurs, I'll accept registration fees and a picture ID license.
Roads are funded from a wide variety of sources. Many taxes on auto registration and fuel are actually diverted to other things. Cars and trucks wear roads out. Bikes don't.
Roads are funded from tolls and by auto gas taxes. Bicyclist contribute squat. Yes, some of gas taxes go to fund non road expenses. Again, no contribution from bicyclists. Cars wear out the roads? You should look at the stresses that road pavements go through during seasonal temperature changes and the effects of freezing weather.
Great idea. Let's do it by weight. Pay whatever your vehicle weighs.
We already pay taxes by weight. The heavier the vehicle the more gas it uses and gas taxes it pays. You really don't put much thought into your arguments.
They already are. The laws obviously aren't enforced as strictly as against motorists, but do you really want little Timmy getting slapped with a ticket because he coasted through the four way stop between his house and the park? He looked both ways he stopped peddling and braked, but his wheels never actually came to a complete stop. Do you want him tagged? Bone headed cyclists doing things like blowing through red lights are already fully subject to traffic laws, and do get tickets.
Cops don't enforce bike laws because bicyclists are not required to produce a registration of an picture ID. They can tell the cops their name is Donald Duck for all they care and the cops can't do anything about it. As for little Timmy, mommy is not about to let him go riding with anarchists in urban streets.
Governmental approval to ride and own a little bike? Who's the commie?
Where is the right enshrined where you can ride a bike on a public way? There isn't any. It's the same for cars. It's a privilege. The commie is you as you support anarchy!