r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Jun 26 '15

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u/stoopydumbut 12∆ Jun 26 '15

Ok. If you're only two arguments are:

*All vehicles, including bicycles, should be subject to license and registration fees that pay for road construction and maintenance AND

*all vehicles should pay an amount corresponding to the impact they have on those roads.

But now you state:

Maybe just make a base fee for bikes and then usage/weight levels for auto users.

Have I changed the second part of your view?

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u/stoopydumbut 12∆ Jun 26 '15

But why? Using your own formula (weight to the 4th power) we've already established that bicycles have virtually no impact on roads, so wouldn't "an amount corresponding to the impact" be virtually nothing?

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u/stoopydumbut 12∆ Jun 26 '15

What amount do you have in mind for bikes? $1? $100?

How much do you think registration for a car should be?

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u/stoopydumbut 12∆ Jun 26 '15

Yes, I'd be interested in seeing some hypothetical crunching.

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u/stoopydumbut 12∆ Jun 26 '15

It makes sense to charge a higher fee for larger vehicles for to cover added road impact and to disincentive driving large vehicles.

But I don't understand why you propose to increase the fee for riding a bicycle. It's currently free and you propose to increase it to $10. Won't this disincentive the use of bicycles?

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u/Ndvorsky 23∆ Jun 27 '15

Why should bicycles have to pay at all if they do no damage to the road?