I paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in road taxes for roads and their repair.
in a sense they are MY roads.
I'll drive on them if and when I want to.
they pay the same road taxes you do. road taxes are paid by everyone irregardless of whether you ride a car or a bicycle. the roads are for everyone to share and it even says so in the laws written about sharing the roads with bicyclists. in my state road tax is built into school tax which is based on your residential property and has nothing to do with whether you even own a car.
actually every single person pays road tax when they:
buy gasoline
own any type of property (its usually in the property tax or school tax)
register any type of vehicle (yes the bigger the vehicle the more tax and the use of vehicle)
state taxes and federal taxes have road tax included as well
as for vehicle taxes:
the bigger the vehicle the more wear and tear that vehicle does to the roads thus the road tax for such vehicle is adjusted to match when you register said vehicle.
YES bicyclist over the age of 18 pay their fair share of taxes to include road tax. they have just as much right to ride on the road as you or anyone else. it is even written in the laws.
i suggest you read this article and learn who actually pays for these roads. the average american pays $1,100 per year in road related taxes but that is less then half of the cost.
eleven hundred?
I WISH.
I was paying ten times that.
besides theft of services riding bicycles on motorways is just stupid.
it's fricking dangerous..not only to the spandex menace but to those who get hit by people trying to dodge the fool.
did you even bother to read the articles proving everyone pays their equal share of road tax and that your idea that they don't is a MYTH? NOT theft of services as bicyclists pay road taxes to.
Hell no I didn't read it.
I've been dealing with that kinda crap since you were in diapers.
Just because it's written up all pretty doesn't mean it's right.
Using your same logic why not have horses on the interstate?
I paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in road taxes for roads and their repair.
in a sense they are MY roads.
I'll drive on them if and when I want to.
how much money did bicyclists pay?
they pay the same road taxes you do. road taxes are paid by everyone irregardless of whether you ride a car or a bicycle. the roads are for everyone to share and it even says so in the laws written about sharing the roads with bicyclists. in my state road tax is built into school tax which is based on your residential property and has nothing to do with whether you even own a car.
nope...ever heard of 'ton mile tax"
or IFTA?
it's on the VEHICLE not the person.
actually every single person pays road tax when they:
as for vehicle taxes:
the bigger the vehicle the more wear and tear that vehicle does to the roads thus the road tax for such vehicle is adjusted to match when you register said vehicle.
YES bicyclist over the age of 18 pay their fair share of taxes to include road tax. they have just as much right to ride on the road as you or anyone else. it is even written in the laws.
i suggest you read this article and learn who actually pays for these roads. the average american pays $1,100 per year in road related taxes but that is less then half of the cost.
https://uspirg.org/reports/usp/who-pays-roads
and this article as well:
https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2015/05/debunking-the-myth-that-only-drivers-pay-for-roads/393134/
eleven hundred?
I WISH.
I was paying ten times that.
besides theft of services riding bicycles on motorways is just stupid.
it's fricking dangerous..not only to the spandex menace but to those who get hit by people trying to dodge the fool.
did you even bother to read the articles proving everyone pays their equal share of road tax and that your idea that they don't is a MYTH? NOT theft of services as bicyclists pay road taxes to.
Hell no I didn't read it.
I've been dealing with that kinda crap since you were in diapers.
Just because it's written up all pretty doesn't mean it's right.
Using your same logic why not have horses on the interstate?
Or herds of sheep?