Bicycle tax

[Makavide]

Who brought up wear & tear on the road? I sure as hell didn't. I stated my reasons in post 13. They want to share MY road, they should pay.

Let me know which road is yours, and I will stay off it.

But considering vehicle registration fees and the gas tax does not cover the complete cost of road maintenance, car drivers are not the only ones paying for the upkeep. So I will ride, my bike, on our roads.

 

[Midnightrider]

Ok I see where you got that.
The fund builds and maintains roads. Bikes contribute nothing, they don't get to use the road. It wasn't built for them.

it actaully was built for them. In fact the law already limits on which roads a bike can lawfully be ridden. You guys biatching about bikes on back roads need to understand that many of those back roads are offical bike routes. The state wants to keep bikes off the hgihways most of the time. Persoanlly i dont like to ride a bike on roads without shoulders. However, if you are trying to get from point A to point B you are likely going to have to ride down a road with no shoulder. The alternative is making expensive bike lanes and dedicated routes. Also, most cyclists are also drivers, they pay their share of taxes....

 

[MMDad]

Ok I see where you got that.
The fund builds and maintains roads. Bikes contribute nothing, they don't get to use the road. It wasn't built for them.

Gas tax pays about $5 Million of the $3 Billion MD spends on transportation. The rest of the funds come from sources that hit bikes just as hard as cars. They pay the same sales tax. They pay income, property, rain, and all the other taxes the rest of us do. The only thing they don't pay is registration and title. Bikes do pay their share for building and maintaining roads.

If you want to go after someone, go after the Amish.

 

[Midnightrider]

Gas tax pays about $5 Million of the $3 Billion MD spends on transportation. The rest of the funds come from sources that hit bikes just as hard as cars. They pay the same sales tax. They pay income, property, rain, and all the other taxes the rest of us do. The only thing they don't pay is registration and title. Bikes do pay their share for building and maintaining roads.

If you want to go after someone, go after the Amish.

makes more sense, at least they cause damage to the road....

 

[TPD]

If you want to go after someone, go after the Amish.

makes more sense, at least they cause damage to the road....

Let's not forget about the farmers with their huge ass combines & tractors plying our local roads…

Really, every time I see a thread about bicycles, I am amazed with the amount of hatred towards them. Runners & walkers and those pushing baby strollers not so much, though they use the same roads in the same manner.

 

[Midnightrider]

Let's not forget about the farmers with their huge ass combines & tractors plying our local roads…

Really, every time I see a thread about bicycles, I am amazed with the amount of hatred towards them. Runners & walkers and those pushing baby strollers not so much, though they use the same roads in the same manner.

there is a small minority of extremely douchie cyclists. I ride and I still occasionally come across a fellow cyclist that I want to put in a ditch. One of the more annoying things I have seen was a group riding in the travel lane when they had a full paved shoulder to use.

Those types of riders give us a bad name.

 

[DoWhat]

Those types of riders give us a bad name.

Yes they do.

 

[PeoplesElbow]

I don't know that "bicycle tax" is the correct term to use.

What I would suggest is; if they wish to ride on the road (or shoulder), they should be required to register the bike (for a fee) and have insurance. They will carry the registration and insurance card just like any motorist is required to do.

Since I believe some of the tax we pay on a gallon of gas also goes to road maintenance/construction, they should also pay a small fee for that too (maybe it could be included in the registration fee).

You would not be required to register your bike if it is not ridden on the road.

Define road, are kids allowed to ride tricycles in front of their house without registering them?

 

[Larry Gude]

This treads ties in nicely with the anti E cig tread http://forums.somd.com/threads/292323-Here-we-go-again-it-s-only-a-matter-of-time

Fact of the matter is that, left, right, we are a nation of freaks who just want to control one another. We have this sort of governance because we like it.

When some freak says "You can only have a 22 ounce soda" or "no e cigs" or any of this other personal liberty stuff, we should react like someone just suggested a silly, stupid idea but, we don't. Because we don't think it is silly or stupid. We like it.

 

[Larry Gude]

Define road, are kids allowed to ride tricycles in front of their house without registering them?

Of course not. Why should some kid be allowed to get in my way or leave their toy out so I trip over it when I am text-walking on MY sidewalk? Let them get a job, pay their taxes and get their OWN sidewalk! We should have some way of tracking down the offender(s) so we can fine them. Or tax them. Or something. We let them do that, pretty soon, they'll be out their racing one another or making little ramps or otherwise acting like kids and having fun. And annoying me.