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Please do not support HB 3135, it will not accomplish its goal of recovering
stolen bikes, or prevent bike theft as intended. The fee will be a burden on
low income and is a deterrent to cycling.
Bikes have serial numbers, when those numbers are reported to police, and a
bike stolen bike is found, police can match the stolen property with the
victim's property. That is the current system, it works.
The license system that Mr. Zauner is proposing will only add another burden
to the public and I doubt would recover much more property.
If I moved frequently, such as many college students with bikes, would I have
to keep the state informed of where I was so my $10.00 sticker was valid?
Does the state want that burden? If I wanted to give my child's bike to a
nonprofit such as Goodwill, do they become the licensing agency? Has that
$20.00 bike become a $30.00 bike?
Lets look at the economics of this solution. I buy a brand new Iron Horse at
the local department store for $89.99. I pay the State $10.00 for my
sticker. I own the bike for 10 years and pay $10.00 year for the sticker,
after 10 years I have paid the state more than the bike is worth. If I ride
the bike to a picnic with the family once or twice a year, and log 10 miles a
year, I am paying the state $1.00 per mile so I can get my bike back if it
gets stolen from my garage.
If I have my new Iron Horse, and my family has their bikes of varying value,
all worth less than $100.00 each, I would pay $50.00 a year for the privilege
of riding to the park to feed the ducks.
I think I will load the bikes in the car, sell em at the thrift store, and
drive to the park.
Norman Babcock
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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Please do not support HB 3135, it will not accomplish its goal of recovering stolen bikes, or prevent bike theft as intended. The fee will be a burden on low income and is a deterrent to cycling.<BR>
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Bikes have serial numbers, when those numbers are reported to police, and a bike stolen bike is found, police can match the stolen property with the victim's property. That is the current system, it works.<BR>
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The license system that Mr. Zauner is proposing will only add another burden to the public and I doubt would recover much more property.<BR>
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If I moved frequently, such as many college students with bikes, would I have to keep the state informed of where I was so my $10.00 sticker was valid? Does the state want that burden? If I wanted to give my child's bike to a nonprofit such as Goodwill, do they become the licensing agency? Has that $20.00 bike become a $30.00 bike?<BR>
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Lets look at the economics of this solution. I buy a brand new Iron Horse at the local department store for $89.99. I pay the State $10.00 for my sticker. I own the bike for 10 years and pay $10.00 year for the sticker, after 10 years I have paid the state more than the bike is worth. If I ride the bike to a picnic with the family once or twice a year, and log 10 miles a year, I am paying the state $1.00 per mile so I can get my bike back if it gets stolen from my garage.<BR>
<BR>
If I have my new Iron Horse, and my family has their bikes of varying value, all worth less than $100.00 each, I would pay $50.00 a year for the privilege of riding to the park to feed the ducks. <BR>
<BR>
I think I will load the bikes in the car, sell em at the thrift store, and drive to the park. <BR>
<BR>
Norman Babcock</FONT>
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