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Should cyclists pay Road Tax & Insurance?

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    #272
    Lumen
    Registered Users Posts: 31,034 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    Sean_K wrote: »
    http://www.laweekly.com/2008-12-18/columns/quot-roadblock-quot-and-other-cyclists-revolt-at-lapd-ticketing-for-bike-riding-without-a-license/
    Story wrote:
    only two stations in the entire city are authorized to sell bike licenses (Central Station, near Skid Row, and the Department of Public Safety, near USC)...and only at certain times (10 a.m. to 8 p.m.)

    Only in America would you be able to get any kind of licence at 8pm. :pac:


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    #273
    Bunnyhopper
    Registered Users Posts: 1,414 ✭✭✭Bunnyhopper


    blorg wrote: »
    Indeed, I almost had a car rear-end me once because I stopped on a RED that he was planning on breaking. He then proceeds to lean on the horn. WTF?

    I was on the bike on the SCR recently, heading north at the junction with St John's Road and Con Colbert Road (N4). The lights turned red, so I stopped, only for the 4x4 (black Range Rover...wouldn't you know it?) behind me to stop, wait a second and then stomp on the revs, pull out around me, swing across me and turn left through the red light to head west out Con Colbert Road. What's more, he wasn't even indicating until he was about halfway around the corner. Eejit.

    I'd say he was probably one of them pesky cyclists and just forgot he was in the D4 tractor and not on the bike... :)


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    #274
    Middle Man
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,142 ✭✭✭Middle Man


    Absolutely!!!

    Motor tax should be scrapped and replaced with road tax which in turn would be based on vehicle class ranging from bicycles upwards. Of course, pedestrians shouldn't pay as walking is a natural right. Wheelchairs and any other small vehicle designed specifically to aid people with reduced mobility should be exempt. Of course cyclists should have insurance - they AFAIK are liable if they injure pedestrians etc.


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    #275
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 75,770 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    You dig up a 9 year old thread to say that!

    Please read the forum charter before posting again


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