New Georgia Bill Requires Bicycle Registration And License Plates

Syfan Logistics trucking company. Syfan donated money to Lee Hawkins (seen in the link below), the politician whose quote you posted earlier and one of the politicians who drafted the bill.

It's not the whole issue nationwide, but it's part of the political motivation locally in Georgia. It's known as dollar votes in politics. The politicians like Lee Hawkins don't want to admit this and instead release nice-sounding public relations statements like the one you posted of him.

http://media.ethics.ga.gov/search/C...=&To=&Cash=&InK=&Filer=&Candidate=&Committee=

 

i thought we talked about this, or can i just borrow peoples car and run red lights and speed and when i get pulled over just say i dont have any id?

 

cynthy160: Gotcha. Thanks.

 

*chuckle*

I think even he would be bored of people referencing him about almost anything.

Those eyes, they are 'Orwelian'. They are watching me. Leave me alone. I want my privacy.

 

How does licensing affect injury rates?

 

my thoughtsexactly... but from what im guessing their theory is if you have a tag on your bike your less likely to do stupid stuff because they can report your plate to the police.
which is why people mentioned the stealing of tags.

 

Trying to monitor or control behavior and security are not the same thing.

 

if you control behavior to act in a safe way it will have the result they are looking for. theoretically

 

Obviously the theory doesn't stand up to the practice of accident or misinterpretation. No prison or fortress has kept us safe from harm.
I think the theory represents the misapprehension of energetic processes.

 

I have no problem with car taxes paying for them either, but if cyclists are the ones using them then it makes sense to charge a small tax. I don't see a problem with this. Why would you have a problem paying a minute amount of money for something that would benefit you directly?

I hear cyclists complain about dangerous road conditions all the time. Bicycle lanes just seem like a logical step in the right direction and the money for them has to come from somewhere.

If bicycle lanes existed around my house I would ride my bike everywhere and I would have no problem paying a small tax every year for it.

the world doesn't revolve around cyclists creating dangerous driving conditions for everyone else on the road in the name of their hobby, either. I am talking about a safety issue here. I don't mean 1 or 2 or even 5 cyclists on the road - I mean a hundred or even hundreds. "Share the road" goes both ways, you know. I've seen so many cyclists blatantly ignore basic traffic laws. I have no problem with creating distinct traffic laws for them in order to make the roads safer for both cars and cyclists.

 

or the theory is an excuse to make more money for the county.

 

Improving road access for pedestrians and bicyclists is a practical way of alleviating the contentions. There's much room for improvement in the U.S. where the transportation infrastructure in general revolves around the car.

Non-car transportation alleviates traffic snarls, saves energy, reduces pollution, and adds a healthy physical activity to people's lives.

A consortium made up of business and government officials and citizens is an approach. They can be involved in planning and construction/modification of roadways that are friendly to cyclists and pedestrians. A similar type of approach was implemented a few decades ago in the U.S. to improve access of disabled people when there weren't even ramps on curbs or automatic doors in buildings. The carpool lane is another example. It requires some brains and work to implement such improvements.

The easy political approach is to accept some campaign money from a disgruntled motorist and return the favor by requiring licensing and registration, issuing fees and fines to bicyclists, and doing nothing tangible to improve access to non-motorist users.

 

I'm sure the well meaning don't appreciate their own cynicism but there are the unscrupulous or those with sensitive scruples. A cyclist could represent some sort of irritation to a trucker. It does sound like someone's special interest.

 

it does sound that way but to me that would be like getting flipped off by a guy in a bakery truck and then paying off the politicians to tax all donuts to get back at that guy. somehow i cant think someone that well off has time to hold a grudge to that extreme.

 

Grudge seems out of proportion but might it be a passion?

 

I agree, I think any fees or taxes levied on bicyclists should only be used towards improving access for them.

 

Update. The trucking company didn't get its way . The bill was killed.

http://www.outsideonline.com/news-f...Kill-Bill-Requiring-Bicycle-Registration.html