Originally Posted by Robert C
As far as taxing bicycles, in the US we already have that. While bicycles are not taxed (not even a VAT on bicycles) or licensed in China; in the US, most major cities require annual licenses on the bicycles. When I lived in Chico, CA the police were checking for bicycle licenses and citeing people that did not have them.
This is the first time I've heard of that being done. They talked about a registration system for cyclists here in Queensland a few years ago, it was rejected only because there weren't enough cyclists here to make it economically viable, but it was a close one. The scary part is that there were some so-called "cycling groups" actually lobbying in favour of it.
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