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This is in response to Don Nash's comments about the lack of bicyclists responsibilities:


The responsibilities I believe you are refering to (based on old articles)  include vehicle registration,  licensing,  and operator licensing?

A few simple questions then:  Do you think that if bikes were to adhere to these standards they would then truly be equals?  Do you believe that those fees alone are what finance our roads,  and if so, the fact that is upsetting is that bikes get a free ride?  Finally and most importantly,  do you think that if we made bikes pay like cars, that enough revenue could be brought in to cover the cost of COLLECTING it, and would you really like to increase the lines at the DPS offices ;-) ?
I don't think so.
Even if bikes paid the same fees as cars,  it would not alleviate the problem of bikes vs cars on the road.  Car drivers would still be obnoxious!  I know this from years of experience on motorcycles (which do pay all those fees).  The general rule is that of the playground.  The bigger bully takes whatever it wants.  Cars are bigger than bikes,  and therefore take by 'force' whatever they want (and you can intrepet bikes as motored or unmotored,  cars treat them equally poorly).  So in my opinion the fact that bicycles pay no direct fees for road uses,  just normal taxes that we all put into the pot, has no bearing on the discussion of the cyclists place on our roads.

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