Brady Brady
Just throwing this out there...
$27 per bike per year is the same that cars pay... and more that motorcycles pay.
Saying that the money will go to fund cycling lanes and other bike-specific facilities, etc. reeks of "separate but equal". We all know what a stellar idea that was.
This bill is bad in many ways, and I will not register even ONE of our 10 bikes should it pass.
But, the way I see it, any of you who do elect to pay $27 per bike per year, should the bill pass, would be buying yourself FULL rights on ALL roads at ALL times. There won't be a need for bike lanes... take the lane everywhere you please... and regardless of any bull**** that bureaucrats, cops, or whoever may throw at you, it will not change the fact that you'll be paying as much as any car for that right.
Brady
From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On Behalf Of Andy Stahl
Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 2:06 PM
To: Pistis Mountain Bike Racing Team; obra@list.obra.org
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] HB 3008 (license bicycles)
HB 3008 requires registration only for bicycles ridden on state highways. Bikes ridden in towns on city-owned roads would not need to be licensed, nor would mountain bikes ridden only off-road. However, many roads that appear to be city-owned are, in fact, state highways. On this basis alone the bill is unworkable.
At 01:59 PM 3/11/2009, Pistis Mountain Bike Racing Team wrote:
My question is, would I have to register all 10 bikes in my house hold? My 5 mountain bikes (3 mine and 1 wife and 1 son) Only one of those even sees the pavement (the one I ride to work). The others I drive to the dirt then ride. I guess you could say but I drive my car to where I am going to ride. But I already pay for that. Who do we need to call to make a stink with?
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Andy Stahl, Executive Director
Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics
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Note my new email address: andys@fseee.org
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