Originally Posted by crackerdog

bikes are taxed here, it is called a sales tax and it applies to the bike and all accessories and all upgrades. Simple and effective. It might be different if gas taxes paid for the roads but they don't. If cars had to pay for all the pollution, noise, global warming, health care costs, etc. That they cause, gas tax would be probably $12 a gallon. Bicyclists should be paid since they save all the money that is spent on air, water and noise pollution and all the other costs on taxpayers.