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From: js2j@mhuxt.UUCP (sonntag)
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Subject: Re: Bicycles, Violence and Hatred
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Date: Tue, 4-Jun-85 09:55:37 EDT
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> 
> First of all where did the idea come from that roads were intended for
> automobiles and not for biclycles.  Historically, roads were
> originally intended for bicycles and autos were considered a nuisance.

     Sure they were.  Any evidence for this, or are we just supposed to
take your word for it?  (Were the horses and wagons allowed on the road
with the bicycles?)

> Secondly, as a tax payer I pay for the maintanence and patrolling of
> roads.

     With the taxes you pay which are built into the price of gasoline
you pay for the maintenance and patrolling of roads.  How much gasoline
do you buy for your bycicle?
-- 
Jeff Sonntag
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    "Sundown, yellow moon.  I replay the past.
     I know every scene by heart; they all went by so fast." - Dylan