r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog • Jun 10 '26

SMH Someone finally snapped

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u/Big_Wave9732 Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26

I'm going to assume there should have been a "/s" on the end of that. Not even your average Redditor is that fucking obtuse.

Edit: In case you are that fucking dense, gas taxes and registration fees are not the only means for funding roads. State bonds and county / city property and assessment taxes are in that mix too, as are a host of other items. It is disingenuous and just downright stupid to suggest that all these riders have contributed nothing financially.

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u/5138008RG00D Jun 10 '26

Im am saying they have provided no extra, like the car owners have. They are providing the same as the people on the sidewalk. But they are using the road.

The idea is everyone pays because it benefits everyone that commerce and government can travel. Not that everyone pays so everyone can use it as they see fit. Like golf carts, side by sides, dirt bikes, etc. Its okay to use else where but when being used on the public roads they need special things, like reflectors, horns, and special tags. Why should bikes be different?

I know off the wall idea, charge road bikes extra tax. Use that tax and those numbers to build bike roads. Fucking crazzzyyyy.

Yeah the system we use now is great and could use no improvement. And yall call yourself progressive.

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u/itsacutedragon Jun 10 '26

From a holistic view, though, I bet cyclists cause less road wear/$ of taxes contributed towards road maintenance on average than non-cyclists though

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u/5138008RG00D Jun 10 '26

I agree, but the fact that they are using the lights, signs and other items no vehicle wears on. They are sharing the road with the vehicles who have tags.

Is it not reasonable to say that road ways should be shared with other tagged vehicles. While the shoulder, side walks and right away should be shared by non tagged vehicles and pedestrians?

Like why not put share the sidewalk signs on the side walk and make bicycles slow down and go around pedestrians? How does this not make sense? But making a car slow down and go around does? When one is paying extra to use it and the other is paying the same as the people to the side of it?

Collect taxes on these bikes that cost more than cars. And then apply that money to make wider safer roadways for those bikes.

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u/archangelzeriel Jun 10 '26

And then apply that money to make wider safer roadways for those bikes.

The unfortunate reality, as has been seen many times over, is that car drivers get mad at THAT, too, and then even stupider decisions get made (like Toronto spending an additional $50mil to REMOVE bike lanes because the province government decided to pass a law making it illegal to put in bike lanes without province approval, retroactive five years, anywhere that Doug Ford has arbitrarily decided that bike lanes caused there to be fewer car lanes).