Re: Bikes (was Re: GUN CONTROL)

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From: Mike Ronn
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 05:23

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In article <1994Nov15.152953.13836@mksol.dseg.ti.com> mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (Fred McCall) writes:
>From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (Fred McCall)
>Subject: Re: Bikes (was Re: GUN CONTROL)
>Date: Tue, 15 Nov 1994 15:29:53 GMT

>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? 

I ride off road with a mountain bike :)

The fact is, bicycles have as much right to certain road use (excluding 
interstates of course) as cars do.  period.




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