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D.Nash@utexas.edu (Donald L. Nash) writes:
= 
= My point
= is that your comparison is somewhat flawed.  The taxes you pay on your
= truck entitle you to drive your truck on public roads, not your truck and
= your bike.  You're getting road-use out of your bike for free.  If you
= don't believe me, try selling your truck.  You'll still get to use your
= bike, but you won't be paying any road taxes.

Road taxes go to upkeep of the roads; if everyone rode bicycles, potholes
wouldn't appear and the streets wouldn't have to be ripped up and rebuilt
every ten years or so.

= Same rights, but not the same responsibilities.  You have to obey the
= traffic laws, but you don't have to license your bike (i.e. pay tax on
= it), have an operator's permit to use it, or subject it to yearly safety
= inspections.  Any yahoo who doesn't know the traffic laws from a hole in
= the ground can go buy a bike and use it without paying for his use of the
= public roads, without proving to anyone that he can operate the bike
= competently, safely, and legally; and without demonstrating the bike's
= structural safety.  You can't get away with that in a car and I don't
= think you should be able to get away with it on a bike.

The consequences of having a wreck on a bicycle are usually quite a bit less
serious than having an accident in a car or truck.  You are comparing apples
and oranges here.


Mike Ruff

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