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Jim Yanik like If there were to be a usage fee, one version of "fair" would be to base it on costs to society. We've been over that - the costs of...
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Most states do NOT base auto fees on such things. As in the Hummer's case,size doesn't matter. 8...
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It's either weight or a flat fee or value. And a motorcycle can claim the same...
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On any measure it's disproportional and punitive. That's the only reason for this tax arguement anyway. Because of the costs motoring has...
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Brent P usage I'm not quite sure where Jim gets the idea that bicyclists aren't already paying a disproportionate share of the costs of roadway...
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C. E. White the ceases. I think you're GREATLY overestimating the amount spent on bike paths, mbutt transit and landscaping. Feel free to prove me wrong by giving me those...
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Brent P Most locations don't depend on property taxes to pay for roads. User fee's in the form of...
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Which I and practically all other adult bicyclists pay. The road fund has a net benefit everytime we use our bicycles. More than enough to cover those who...
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Matthew Russotto with If you're interested in finding the pressure that the vehicle puts on the road, you can use a pocket tool: a tire pressure gage. Ignoring the...
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Brent P Where do you live? Can you provide evidence that this is the case. I know in NC it is not true, but...
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IL. The budget details are not online, nor am I am going to be that detailed on where I live. Property taxes are where towns get their money in IL for the...
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Brent P Well Illinois has online data for 2002. Total Highway revenue for 2002 was 3,705 Million DOllars and was dervided as follows: 1,288 Million - Motor Vehicle Registration Fees ($0 for bikes) 1,252 Million - Gas...
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Note: *STATE ROADS* Now what was used for roads not controlled by the state and the rest of the funds for local roads...
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Scott en Aztlán" You should have copied the rest of the article. The only actual "road" project was reconstruction of a bridge, and only $100,000 was...
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lokey My argument would be that the car and Hummer driver are already paying. In NC, the Hummer driver will...
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Only $5300 to go. You can make the cheque out to cash. Your use of 'we' is inapropraite. You might not have an official public healthcare system however it is estimated in...
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We're enbreastled to the use without paying, and that just sticks in yer craw, don' it? Heh...
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I pay all sorts of taxes. Call any one of them you'd like a usage fee, just like you do with motor vehicles. There is no such labeled fee. And that's what you are hung...
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That is not what you wrote.Your words;"It's a tax." referrring to license plate "renewals". Your registration does not wear out,fade away,or...
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Jim Yanik Since your logic ability s really messed up, I'll help you: 1.) Direct fees...
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Brent P Here is a simple way to resolve this: Add up all the taxes and fees paid by people...
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Let me guess? Another scheme to discorage bicycling? I am fairly certain there isn't. Bicycles don't consume government resources. Especially in IL where no road has to be maintained for the use...
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Bill Sornson California wrecks his rant in more ways than that since California also has bicycle licenses for which you pay a...
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Brent P Look for the summary.pdf file. See below for more info on this subject...
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Brent P It is not nonsense. It is nonsense that you ignore the figures that show that motor vehicle taxes are not only paying for the highways...
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Right. Consult the law, not a dictionary. If you are interested in the answer to "since when", see Short form: unposted speed limits ceased to be absolute limits in 1906...
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John F. Carr In essence, motorists decided that it was inconvenient for them to obey their own laws, and so the motoring...
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C. E. White Registration is so the vehicle can be tracked. There is no need for this for bicycles. This is so the vehicle doesn't overly damage the environment (more than it already does...
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C. E. White Yes, and if motorists paid ten times more than they do, I'd be happier. But there's art in logical compromise, so let's look...
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That's not a usage fee. I don't need turn signals, good tires, brakes, and whole host of other things to use a vehicle on private property. Check IL law. It's semantically called...
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IL charges extra every year for special plates. Ones with fancy designs or custom numbers...
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One More Try
i posted awhile ago about the "pbutt left, drive right" issue and i got responses that...
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223rem it I know this might sound troll-ish, but I live in San Diego and I'm not sure how others view this. Most of our freeways are 4+, some up to 16 lanes of...
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Around 5-14-2005 8:48 PM, Nearly Normal Jimmy Time will tell... :) Close, but no cigar. Here's how the three lanes work: #1 - The left pbutting lane, for...
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Nearly Normal Jimmy The right most lane of a freeway is *not* the merging lane. When we're talking about driving in the right most lane, we're referring to driving in the right most through...
Add This One to the List
Scott en Aztlán I'll f***ING How about this: A Yellow Cab (aka Mr. Cab Driver, or MCD) pulled onto SR-163...
Yawn such a lame troll, can't you do any better
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Poorly setup stop light
I've ranted about this light previously - Its infront of a middle school entrance and usually is on flash except...
caught speeding by following
Harry K We don't know what the legal speed was in this situation. We've been told that 76 is...
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FUD. It would be far easier to hack into those systems because they are open-source if they *were* as vulnerable. All the potential bugs are immediately visible. M$ OTOH onscures its...
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Sorry; that's simply not acceptable as an answer. Either the "engineers" are grossly incompetent or they erred severely in deciding what is a failure by being ignorant of the boundary conditions...
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Erm no. Code reviews occur. Independently. And quite often security patches come out saying that there's a fix for a potential vulnerability; but those...
What to do when you get pulled over by the police
Please express your honest opinion to this question, using the letter that matches your answer. QUESTION: You are driving along and get pulled over...
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Just curious. What were you ticketed with? I want to note something too. Quite a few years ago, I was driving...
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inspection Yeah, I groaned and moaned about teh expired registration, but I didn't make a huge fuss over it as it was my fault. In the case of that...
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Which laws do you suggest breaking so you dont look suspicious? I generally follow all the speed limits...
Line of sight remotes
Old Wolf I would guess that a lot of it is down to the fact that we use...
Appalling Police Action in Palo Alto 4398
That's a good point, Arif. But doesn't it buttume that people know their limitations? If the speed limit...
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I guess we'll have to agree to disagree. I ABSOLUTELY think the speed limit should be set for the least capable. If you raise the limits to...
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On Sat, 21 May 2005 16:41:10 GMT, "Anthony Giorgianni" If you somehow prevent people from ever driving fast, then you will have a self-fulfilling prophecy, i.e., no...
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Though I don't propose preventing people from fast, I find this statement preposterous. In any case, I hope they do their "learning' and skill set...
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On Sun, 29 May 2005 02:48:39 GMT, "Anthony Giorgianni" So you think people do hatch from eggs...
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I disagree. Posted speed limits imply that this is the speed that someone minimaly qualified for a driver's license CAN safely drive. Otherwise, how does a driver get guidance for what's a safe...
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I don't think we need to require people to buy cars with five star crash ratings...
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I'm not sure what you are asking here. Are you suggesting that no one drives faster than their auto's capabilities or skill level? I'd say many people...
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S It doesn't have to do squat. If a competent driver can safely drive 80 MPH on a road why the hell should he be limited to less? Your whole line...
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On Sat, 21 May 2005, Anthony Giorgianni Most people drive within their skill level and their auto's capabilities, most of the time. This is not the first...
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I don't disagree with that. Yes I know the difference well. I've read a lot of speed studies pointed...
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Anthony Giorgianni Only your preconceived notion supports your position. If many people drove too fast, then the crash rate would be much higher than it is now and would continue...
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Anthony Giorgianni Use the ctrl-f key combination on my previous post and try to find the word "acceptable" in it. Government websites that detail the number of traffic...
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We all have the right to use the roads. We have a duty to do...
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Sorry, you may have the right to use the roads on foot-using a bicycle, but in CA, where the violation occurred, it...
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The law must be different in Canada. In the U.S., there is no requirement that there be a victim for one to obey the law. Use of the roads as...
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Even the Governor of Pennsylvania violates the speed limit. Unless they pbutt a law allowing them to do so (USA PATRIOT...
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On Sat, 21 May 2005 03:23:44 GMT, Anthony Giorgianni , said the following in rec.autos.driving... That explains why speeding carries civil penalties and not criminal...
Does Texas use the pointsystem
I'm a Califonian (unfortunately), and I've been going over the "Texas Drivers License Hand book" PDF...
Does Texas use the pointsystem
I'm a Texas cop, I'll see if I can answer your questions... We have many slang terms that other states don't use... :o) Texas does not use a point system, but...
The best driving simulation
Hello, what, in your opinion, is the most serious driving simulation computer game (for PC)? I'm...
Why do motorcyclists ride in formation
223rem Think about it. If they were single file and maintaining the same distance to the bike ahead, it would take *twice as...
Police Chases 4421
When the hell is there going to be some rationality to the rules for police chases? The one last week, where the...
Police Chases 4422
I think most cops would agree with you, but it's the rationale of the liberal thinking that we should use all means necessary before resorting to deadly force. That...
Duckling LLBs cut off
LLBs don't like when they try to drive beside some vehicles in the right lane and match speeds. It seems that some drivers will accelerate and cut in front...
Deer Danger
This is a peak time of year for deer crashes, even in heavily populated areas. It's happened to almost every driver: a deer jumps right in front of your car! Put yourself in...
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