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In article <D.Nash-1111941008420001@bubba.ots.utexas.edu>, D.Nash@utexas.edu (Donald L. Nash) writes:
> Quite true, and I have no problem with small fees for bikes.  If a big
> heavy car has to pay more than a small light car, then it is only
> reasonable for a comparatively tiny bike to pay a small fee.

	Lesse, my 3500lb car has a annual $60 license plate fee.
So my 20lb Medici would pay $0.34 annually.  Sorry, but the paperwork
costs more than the relative fee, so you would actually lose money
collecting fees.  However, I could get a Merlin and shave another
nickle off the fee... :-)

> Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that some of the money from
> license plate fees goes into new road construction.  Even if bikers paid
> license fees, they would probably have a lot fewer roads to ride on
> without the motorists paying to have the new roads built since the
> motorists would still pay the lion's share of the fees.

	As does property taxes, sales taxes, income taxes, etc...  So
what's your point?  Besides, the roads are places where CARS want to
go, not bikes, so we really don't have much say as to routing.
Last, you really haven't been keeping up with the times:  Mountain
biking is all the rage, and those mudheads will go ANYWHERE!

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