"Spyke" wrote in message
...

Also the amount of damage that cyclists do to
the road surface and the pollution they create
is negligible compared to motor vehicles which
is what road tax supposedly pays for.

A lot of infrastructure is built for them - it's generally fairly pointless
and inadequate, but it is there, and they aren't directly paying for it.

--
John Rowland - Spamtrapped
Transport Plans for the London Area, updated 2001
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acro...69/tpftla.html
A man's vehicle is a symbol of his manhood.
That's why my vehicle's the Piccadilly Line -
It's the size of a county and it comes every two and a half minutes

"John Rowland" wrote the
following in:

"Spyke" wrote in message
...

Also the amount of damage that cyclists do to
the road surface and the pollution they create
is negligible compared to motor vehicles which
is what road tax supposedly pays for.

A lot of infrastructure is built for them - it's generally fairly
pointless and inadequate, but it is there, and they aren't
directly paying for it.

I can think of two possible replies to this.

You say yourself that the infrastructure is fairly pointless and
inadequate. I'd rather not have to pay for cycle lanes that people park
in and other such facilities that are of no actual benefit to me.

It could also be argued that society would benefit if more people used
bikes instead of cars, so in a sense a person using a bike is already
"doing their bit" even if it doesn't involve any payment.

--
message by Robin May, enforcer of sod's law.
This sig was out of date.

"You MUST NOT drive dangerously" - the Highway Code
There are 20,000,000 women wearing kinky boots.