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    "They pay far more in tax's than cyclists (through gas"    No, a dime 
per litre federally, sorry.
http://www.fin.gc.ca/toce/2005/gas_tax-e.html   Drivers pay 1/3 in tax of 
the total gas price.  That includes gst. and prov. surtaxes.
Boils down to 10 cents per litre to the feds.  That no where near pays for 
police, road construction and repair, ICBC losses, environmental problems, 
respiratory disease (185 deaths/yr BC)  Court cases, jail terms  The common 
people including your grand parents pay more than the driver.  The driver is 
a parasite in this society, especially in N. America.
They pay for the price of a barrel of oil going up but not much in taxes 
compared to the rest of the world which is probably the cause of this crisis 
in the first place.  If they paid $1/litre since 1970 this would not be such 
a big deal now.


"DiscoDuck" <fornewsgroups@shaw.ca> wrote in message 
news:1149274458.496985.288780@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> Why is it reverse?  They pay far more in tax's than cyclists (though
> gas).   Besides, maybe some of them aren't lazy so much as they do not
> want to wear a helmet which is mandated by the law of British, and
> enforced by use of force by BC's finest.  I know as that is the reason
> I don't ride anymore.  And I know I'm not lazy as I am more active than
> most (more than most cyclist too I bet).
>
> As for the rules of the road for cyclist, that is great but some of
> these rules are plain stupid, stupid, stupid.  For instance,
> prohibiting cyclist from riding across cross walks?  That one makes me
> role my eyes every time.
>
> smn wrote:
>> The point was to point out I am no slouch when it comes to knowing the 
>> rules
>> and I follow them pretty closely.  I hate lazy, stupid drivers who think
>> they own you when it is actually the reverse when you look at who pays 
>> for
>> what.
>> Glad we could clear that up at the 5th try. : )
>