Comment 112402

By kevlahan (registered) | Posted June 22, 2015 at 16:31:55 in reply to Comment 112401

We've been through this many times whenever the subject of cycling comes up.

Any reasonable levels of fees would cost more to collect than they would bring in (environmental fees for cyclists? Really!?). For example, it costs $12 per year to license a moped; bicycles would presumably be even cheaper.

Every person who cycles instead of drives is very obviously decreasing pollution, decreasing the overall rate of serious accidents, and decreasing wear and tear on the roads. They also decrease congestion for motorists. Is that something you want to discourage by adding punitive fees? Should pedestrians be licensed and forced to pass "walking tests" in order to be allowed to walk on the sidewalks and cross the street?

And most motorists do not stop at stop signs. Try hanging around a stop sign for a while and watch. Not to mention all the other traffic laws they regularly break, especially speed limits (fully half the drives on Hunter were measured to have broken the speed limit). No one says we shouldn't spend anything on facilities for motorists until motorists stop breaking the laws. Not to mention that the vast majority of adult cyclists are already licensed drivers ...

Such suggestions are obviously just punitive, made by people annoyed at having to deal with bikes on the road and "losing" space to cyclists.

Comment edited by kevlahan on 2015-06-22 16:51:14

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