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That's the question, what's your answer?

Supplementary to this:
Would you want the plate(s) lit at night? How does one do this (creative
use of EL-wire, perhaps)?
Should all age-groups be licensed?

Bikes should not be licensed. Period. Why?

A)
They're not motor vehicles and cause no pollution or road damage. And if you
license bikes whats next , foot scooters, roller skates?

B)
How the hell would you enforce it? Would the police give chase in a panda car
only for the bike to disappear into a park or alley, or would they chase on
foot and watch the bike disappear into the distance with the rider giving them
the finger?

C)
What about kids riding bikes? Would pre-teens have to be licensed or would
they just be banned altogether because they're too young?

D)
If bikes are licensed what do the riders get from it? Nothing probably, so in
other words its yet another tax. This time on people who are trying to do their
bit for the enviroment. Talk about the government shooting its enviroment
policies in the foot.

B2003

On 19 Oct 2004 04:10:35 -0700, Boltar
wrote in :

D)
If bikes are licensed what do the riders get from it? Nothing probably, so in
other words its yet another tax. This time on people who are trying to do their
bit for the enviroment. Talk about the government shooting its enviroment
policies in the foot.

If it were to work as in Switzerland, third-party insurance. The
annual fee is paid to Migros, etc., for a dated sticker to place on the bike.
You also have a recorded serial number to recover the bike if stolen (they
_do_ get stolen, even in Switzerland).

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Brunel University. Room 40-1-B12, CERN
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"Dr Ivan D. Reid" wrote in message .. .
On 19 Oct 2004 04:10:35 -0700, Boltar
wrote in :

D)
If bikes are licensed what do the riders get from it? Nothing probably, so in
other words its yet another tax. This time on people who are trying to do their
bit for the enviroment. Talk about the government shooting its enviroment
policies in the foot.

If it were to work as in Switzerland, third-party insurance. The
annual fee is paid to Migros, etc., for a dated sticker to place on the bike.
You also have a recorded serial number to recover the bike if stolen (they
_do_ get stolen, even in Switzerland).

If someone is one of those suckers who's paid a few grand for a bike then
I guess insurance might be a good idea , but if like me you're bike is worth
150 quid at most it hardly seems worth it. As for 3rd party, well when was
the last time a bicycle seriously hurt someone (other than the rider)? And
even if they did , to be blunt , the rider could easily pedal off before plod
turns up and with no license plate would be virtually untracable.

B2003