bicycle license coming to your fair town

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Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on January 14, 2011 at 7:40am

Just another way to TAX people.

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Permalink Reply by Adam "Cezar" Jenkins on January 14, 2011 at 8:43am

IIRC this bill has already been withdrawn because of the backlash.

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Permalink Reply by Clark Lasswell on January 17, 2011 at 8:08pm

Long long ago...1967...we were required to buy licenses for our bikes in the far western 'burbs. It actually turned out to be a good thing for me as my Stingray got nicked and I got it back because of the license. Though the sticker was ugly, it was impossible to remove.

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Permalink Reply by Joe TV on January 17, 2011 at 9:34pm

I understand the resistance to this idea, but I see a positive side to a license program.  I think it's a step closer to a perfect integration of bicycles in the traffic mix.  In other words, there are worse things than the state actively enforcing the rights of cyclists to use public roads.  Zeus knows that there are places that the opposite is a real risk.

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Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on January 17, 2011 at 9:40pm

There is a part of me that likes the idea of cyclists having to be responsible for their actions.

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Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on January 17, 2011 at 9:49pm

Let's regulate pedestrians too.  Make everyone walking the public streets have a "license" to move around.

 

Sounds like a good idea to me...

 

NOT.

 

 

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Permalink Reply by Joe TV on January 17, 2011 at 10:43pm

Actually, this pretty much exists.  If I'm not mistaken, every adult must posess a state issued form of identification.  

 

James Baum said:

Let's regulate pedestrians too.  Make everyone walking the public streets have a "license" to move around.

 

Sounds like a good idea to me...

 

NOT.

 

 

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Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on January 17, 2011 at 10:48pm

Let me zee your paperz!

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