Originally Posted by
Machka
Wasn't there bicycle licencing in Quebec back in the 1970s like there was in much of the rest of the country?
Yup - dogs and cats needed to be registered at one point too. But like everything else - most people have ignored the requirements because they were municipal and not enforced equally. Now the SPCA has more strays than they can deal with, dog maulings are becomming increasingly common and Montreal is the bike theft capital of the country.
The five years I spent in Colombia make me think we`re not such a developed country after all. There every bike going into a shopping center is issued a pass by a security guard at a gate and the serial number is checked on the way out. Never saw a lock on a bike rack in a shopping centre. Did see a lot more police and private securiity guards (equipped with dogs and shotguns) and saw a lot less graffitti and never tripped any drug use in the streets - unlike North America where both are epidemics.