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I've seen the "burdensome" excuse trotted out in half a dozen different ways here.

Well, that's because it would be a burden. Getting a license and keeping it up-to-date is a burden. It has a cost. And as others have pointed, this has been tried and failed.

What you have failed to identify is the benefit.

If some random fisherman has to pay $20 bucks a year for the privilege of fishing, I don't think $20 bucks a year is an exorbitant, barrier creating amount for people to pay to register their bikes.

Well then you haven't considered the difference between some guy who rides a $50 bike to get to work because he barely makes enough as a busboy at a hotel to get by and a guy who has the time and money to drive around the country hunting and fishing.

Are we really saying that bike registration is somehow more complicated than vehicle registration?

No, but we're saying that the transaction costs of bike registration to DC is probably more than the $1 a year you're proposing as the fee. So it's a revenue loser.

There is no legitimate legal recourse to recover damages from a cyclist other than spending a week of you life and thousands of dollars suing someone

Welcome to our world.

especially when cyclists can spend 10 minutes on the phone with someones insurance company and have a check in the mail the next day

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lets get real here, infants and 10 year olds aren't riding their bikes on downtown dc streets, if they are then they have hideous parents.

But some people do have "hideous parents" who let their kids - gasp - ride on streets. Besides which is it, do you need to be registered to ride on DC Streets or is it now only in downtown. Either way, people let their kids ride on streets downtown too.

Skateboards aren't allow in the street

What is a crosswalk then? Couldn't a skateboarder crash into your car at the crosswalk and cause damage? If the standard is that they can cause a man-sized dent in your hood, leaving you no recourse but to sue, then that is true of pedestrians too.

And believe me, if the law was passed, there would be 20 national insurers falling over themselves to offer policies for people.

I'm sorry, but I have no reason to believe you on that.

by David C on Jun 7, 2012 10:51 pm • link • report

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