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Fred McCall (mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com) wrote:
: Mike Ronn (micron@5a.com) wrote:
: : >And just how much gasoline tax was collected from those bicycles?
: : >None, you say?  Then it seems quite a stretch to try to claim that
: : >money should be spent for the benefit of a minority.

: : How much air was polluted by those bicycles that warrented the gas tax to 
: : clean up?

: The gasoline taxes are used for road construction, not pollution
: control.  So, how do you ride your bike without touching the roadway? 

: -- 
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:  in the real world."   -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden
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: Fred.McCall@dseg.ti.com - I don't speak for others and they don't speak for me.

This thread sure has wide news group appeal.  I haven't read all of this thread,
but this bikes dont pay taxes reasoning is really bugging me.  I have two cars,
one of them gets about 17 mpg.  I'll bet I and most other bikers are covered
for our road use taxes.

I used to commute by bike in Dallas, but have given it up because the roads
just aren't built for bikes and cars.  That alone wasn't enough though, as
I usually was on the road at non-peak times.  The main reason was that riding
a bike just really pisses some people off.  I was getting honked at and passed
too closely when there were two open lanes and no one around.

What is it that the bike haters really have a problem with?  Taxation isn't it,
most bikers (non-students) have cars, and name one tax that is equally spread
anyway.

Steve Kappes  steve@iphase.com