LP> Municipalities that require bike licenses aren't at all interested in
 LP> safety, they are interested in revenue.  Just look at cars!  Any idiot
 LP> can get a drivers license, if you think the process of obtaining a
 LP> license to operate a motor vehicle is making the roads safer, take a
 LP> spin down your local freeway and see how many of these state licensed
 LP> motorists cut you off, don't signal, drive erratically, etc...
 
 You made several good points in your post.  But the truth is there 
 are alot of poor cyclist out there.  Bike lanes are not always a             
  
 good solution and those who would be smart enough to take a bike             
  
 safety class on there own merritt are probably smart enough not to           
  
 ride on the wrong side of the road in the first place.  
 
 To register my bike in the city I live in is one dollar for two years.
 This helps (if only a small degree) on recovering stolen bicycles by     
 having the bicycle serial number and other info on file at the police  
 station.   Let's get real, no state I know of is getting rich on  
 motercycle and moped licenses, do you think they would charge much
 more for a bicycle?
 
 John O'Neill
 
... Work to eat, eat to live, live to ride, ride to work.
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