Originally Posted by Chief

No taxes (or other payment) are required to travel freely on public roadway in the U.S. As cyclists (human powered), we can exercise one of the few remaining basic freedoms without having to justify our existence/intentions/qualifications while moving about as a free person in a public place.
Does anyone question the tax-paying status of a pedestrian on a sidewalk? Cyclists are free from taxation/registration, and can travel freely... if we so choose! And we have have FULL right to use of public roadway, where-as motor vehicle operators actually have restrictions. Yahoo!