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The "motorists pay through the nose" comment is ridiculous. Let's put this in perspective. Where I live, the combined fuel taxes are 38.3 cents -- 20 cents local, 18.3 cents federal. There is also a 5.75% general sales tax. I own a bike and a car, and I travel about 4,000 miles a year on each of them. To do so, I use about 200 gallons of gas, and spend about $800 on parts and accessories for the bike. So I pay my local government about $40 in taxes to use the car, and about $46 for the bike, for the same number of miles.
However, the impact of using the bike -- both on wear to the road and on other motorists -- is negligible compared to the car. Who's paying through the nose? |
DC, I still believe we pay through the nose, when you consider that we pay road taxes and only a small portion of it ends up in roads.
Rowan, I believe we see things similarly. I found it absolute Sci-fi that all those unwed mothers all got a healthy chunk of the surplus. |
Originally Posted by 2manybikes
When I do not use my car that I pay taxes on, when I do not wear the road in my town that my house taxes help pay for, when I do not pollute, when I do not use any gasoline or oil, when I do not add to the traffic jam, when I do not add to the landfill as much, when I become healthier and tax the healthcare system less by exercising, when I operate a vehicle that does not have the same potential to hurt others and potentialy less stress on the fire and police department that I pay for, I deserve a refund at the very least.
The State of New Jersey has a law that is either in progress or now a law that provides tax credits by mile for cyclists in that state. It's not much but it's a good start. In the USA the roads were first built for bicycles, not cars anyway. |
Originally Posted by Doctor Morbius
I expect to see a mass exodous of cyclists to your shores in the near future. I just don't know how they're going to get there. Bikes don't really ride over water too well, unless you have those balloon tire bikes.
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Maybe they need a velodrome in Baxter, might shut the ingrates up for a while :D
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Originally Posted by HaagenDas
Maybe they need a velodrome in Baxter, might shut the ingrates up for a while :D
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cancel the drome, maybe a few exercise bikes will suffice.
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