How to pee Off an Arrogant Pedalcyclist 4357

Brent P

Where do you live? Can you provide evidence that this is the case. I know in NC it is not true, but I can't be sure for other states cities. In NC, the state returns a percentage of gas tax revenues to each town city for road maintenance. In some cases towns supplement these funds, but usually not directly from property taxes. New subdivisions are required to include roads to state standards, so I suppose at least for new housing, you could claim you paid for the initial cost of the road, but not the maintenance out of your own pocket. In 2004, the City of Raleigh, NC did not use property tax revenue to maintain streets. In Raleigh, about half of the street maintenance was paid with state funds, the rest was paid out of various user fees (parking fees and fines), street facility fees (fees charged to add driveways or access to businesses), interest income, and a draw down of the street fund reserve. Most NC towns have similar street maintenance budgets.

And the motorist are paying for it. I don't think bicyclist should be run off the road. However, I do think they need stop pretending that they "own" the road. As long as cycle riders follow the rules, I have no problem with them. But gutter riding and running stop signs and stop light are common cyclist practices that irritate the heck out of me. It seems to me that a certain percentage of cyclists are arrogant jerks who feel they have a right to do these things.

So for "vehicular bicyclists" the solution is to license bikes like other vehicles that use the road. Charge registration fees like cars, require registration plates like cars, require safety inspections like cars, charge property taxes like cars, require operator licenses like cars, and enforce traffic rules for bikes like cars. One of the rules that will need to be enforced is a minimum speed on many roads (like for cars).

Regards,

Ed White