Bike registration seems antithetical to the Vermont spirit. But I suppose things change when too many people's first reaction to any problem is "There ought to be a law!"
I'll be happy to support bicycle registration, licensing or similar notions if and when:
- Law enforcement take bicycle theft as seriously as automobile theft.
- Accidents/offenses caused by motor vehicle drivers that affect cyclists and pedestrians are taken as seriously as motor vehicle-to-motor vehicle accidents/offenses.
- Bike lanes and shoulders are maintained as well as main roads.
- Driver education in the US is improved to be equal to at least our fellow third world nations.
- Mandatory citations and penalties for drivers who invoke "My taxes pay for the right to drive this way, your bicycle doesn't".