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Just like scooters, bikes should be registered and insured as well. DC's becoming a more bike reliant city, meaning more accidents and thefts as time goes on. In Europe, where bikes and scooters are commonplace, most cities require 100% registration for both. It tends to cut down on accidents, theft and scofflaw riders.

It cuts down on thefts only if the police actually does something with the registration information - which hasn't been the case over here. It really takes a national effort - which is what the Dutch do. It does no good for DC to be aggressive about registration if bike thieves just sell the bikes in Baltimore or Philly. Registration is a tiny part of a massive national effort to reduce bike theft. Nonetheless nearly 700,000 bikes are stolen every year in the Netherlands.

But how does registration - which in Holland involves a bar code and a hidden security dhip on your bike - cut down on accidents or scofflaw cycling? I don't follow that at all.

by David C on Jul 5, 2012 10:36 pm • link • report

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