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In article <D.Nash-1511941247110001@bubba.ots.utexas.edu> D.Nash@utexas.edu (Donald L. Nash) writes:
>From: D.Nash@utexas.edu (Donald L. Nash)
>Subject: Re: Bikes (was Re: GUN CONTROL)
>Date: Tue, 15 Nov 1994 12:47:11 -0600

>In article <micron.101.0017CBDB@5a.com>, micron@5a.com (Mike Ronn) wrote:

>>>  My basic
>>>point remains: bikers don't pay as much toward road construction as
>>>motorists.  I'll cede Steve Swinnea's point that they do pay toward it
>>>through other taxes, but not as much as motorists.
>>
>>How many vehicles do you own?  I pay road taxes on three vehicles.  I am also 
>>a "biker"

>I own one vehicle and I pay tax on one vehicle.  You own four vehicles but
>pay tax on only three.  One of your vehicles is a freebee.

>Let me clarify my point: *All other factors being equal*, a person with
>one car and one bike pays less road tax than a person with two cars.  Both
>people own two vehicles and both get the same rights and privileges on the
>road with both their vehicles, but one pays less tax for equal privilege
>than the other.

From this I gather that you are inferring that a bike is an equivilant vehicle 
to a car?  I disagree.  Bikes are great for short commutes, some poeple use 
them for long ones, I choose not to.  I personally do not choose a bicycle 
to drive from Houston to Dallas on a regular basis.  Bicycles are not 
allowed on Interstates, as with any other "slow moving vehicle".  However, 
on common roads and state highways, a bicycle is a vehicle.  The system for 
paying vehicle taxes is graduated upon vehicle size and weight.  This is 
noticible when you buy your license tags (or sticker now), heavy trucks pay 
more.  Also, there is a road use tax on truck tires.  The system allows for 
vehicles that do the road damage to pay for the burden of cost.  Seeing that a 
bicycle weighs between 15-50 pounds, the damage it does to the pavement is 
negligible.

If there was a requirement to pay taxes on by bicycle, then I would do it.  
The citizenery of this state has not seen fit to do so, so I don't.

What to do if a cyclist runs a red light, rides recklessless or rides under 
the influence?  Give them a ticket, I am all for it.  Do not blame me for the 
police officers not enforcing a system of laws that I elected officials to 
uphold.




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