I was told I was not required to register my son's bike. If such advice was
accurate, then having mandatory registration only for adults with bicycles
who live in Minneapolis wouldn't help with identifying children.

Peace.

N.S. Gill
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Phyllis Kahn"
> As the original author of the Statewide Bicycle Registration System, I
> would urge Mpls not to remove the requirement. Low as participation has
> been, this step would make it even worse. Here are a set of reasons to
> keep it.
< SNIP>

>   -It is also a safety feature, primarily for children who don't carry
> wallets and drivers licences with them. There was a least one story of a
> child in an accident (unconscious) identified only because he was riding
> a registered bike.
>

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