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Neil Williams · January 13th 05, 07:44 PM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.transport

On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 18:58:06 +0000, wrote:

It just shows the utter contempt which most people have for cycles and
their riders which is fully justified in my opinion . When cyclists
begin to observe the laws relating to the use of UK roads and have to
pay the same amounts of money that ALL other uses have to pay then I
may just have a little more time for them .

I agree with the first point, and I'd like to point out that, as a
cyclist, I do obey traffic lights etc, use lights when it is dark and
do not ride on the pavement. It is noticeable how many do not, mind.

As for paying for the use of the road, to fit with the existing road
tax system it'd have to be in proportion to the damage caused by the
vehicle to the road (infinitessimally small) and the pollution emitted
while in use (that'd be none). I suspect that any charge would be so
small it wouldn't be worth collecting it.

Neil

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