"Noddy" wrote in message
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> "Trevor Wilson" wrote in message
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>> **I take it, then, you wish to eliminate pedestrians, strollers,
>> scooters, disabled users' vehicles and other forms of traffic from the
>> roads too?
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> Where did I ever say cyclists *shouldn't* be on the roads?
>
> I'm not advocating a ban on anything Trev. My point, in case you missed
> it, is that cyclists should pay their way like everyone else. Cars,
> trucks, busses, vans, motorbikes, scooters, tractors, forklifts and
> anything else that takes to the road has to pay a registration premium for
> the privilege of doing so *except* for bicycles and Horses.
>
> Horses are a pretty rare commodity on our roads these days, but there are
> *thousands* of bicycles in use.
>
> Now, if you've got some time to spare, sit back and watch all the bleeding
> heart tight-arsed pushbike riders pipe up about how they "pay their taxes
> and already pay their way".
>
> .ing idiots.
>
> Pushbike: A kid's toy usually discarded by most people when they become
> old enough to drive, or taken up by drivers when they blow over the legal
> limit :)
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> --
> Regards,
> Noddy.
I was about to bury the hatchet and agree with you Nod u'ol fart, that was
until your last sentence. In Qld anyway, you can still be caught for DD on a
pushie......and the sentence is just as severe.
Roger
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