XPost: alt.autos.toyota, rec.autos.driving, alt.society.liberalism   
   XPost: alt.fan.michael-moore   
      
   Dänk 42Ø wrote:   
   > Regarding the "right" to ride a bicycle, such a right exists, but there   
   > is no corresponding "right" to have the government build a road for you   
   > to ride on.   
   >   
   > Roads are expensive and are partially financed with gasoline taxes and   
   > automobile registration fees.  Bicycles use no gasoline and pay no   
   > registration fees.  It would be nice if the government built separate   
   > bike paths, but someone would have to pay for them.  A fuel tax obviously   
   > won't work, so this leaves bicycle registration fees.   
   >   
   > The choice is simple: Bicyclists can either get used to sharing the road   
   > with the cars they were built for, or they can pay hefty registration   
   > fees to build paths exclusively for bicycles.  Ideally, city planners   
   > would build such paths and pay for them out of general taxes, saving   
   > money in the long run by reducing traffic congestion.   
   >   
      
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