Okay...Nothing more inviting in a "discussion" than all-encompassing, generally sweeping statements like the one below.
Don't suppose anyone has ever calculated the proportions of road tax expenditures to see how much went to bicycle paths, how much went to pot holes and by-passes and how much went to tarmac and terminals? I certainly wouldn't mind seeing $7,000 from each trucker in the US go to nothing but bike paths for an entire year - or just one or two good transcontinental bike lanes on an existing highway so those who long to travel by bicycle no longer have to be as concerned with the numerous motor vehicle operators who can't tell the difference and all too frequently could care less what the difference is between a family of opossums and a half dozen bicyclists. Just a thought from someone who would still be riding ~500 miles a week if they hadn't already been forced off the road ~20 times in less than 2 years by ijuts who got their license out of a Cracker Jack box. Todd Swearingen > Harmon, > Having been involved in trucking for over 25 years, I believe you > have some serious misperceptions about trucking and truckers. We > would LOVE to see fuel taxes spent on highway repairs. The last fuel > increase was widely supported by truckers, in the mistaken belief > that it would be spent on highway repairs. It was not! It was spent > on paving bicycle paths and airport runways. > The average truck(if there is such a thing) spends $7000/year in > road-use taxes. Now if we could only get it spent on roads, instead > of bicycle paths and airport runways and new city transit buses, we > could all be happier. > > Motie > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuels list archives: > http://archive.nnytech.net/ > > Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
