In aus.bicycle on Sun, 07 Jun 2015 22:14:55 +1000
F Murtz wrote:
news13 wrote:
On Fri, 05 Jun 2015 13:39:47 +1000, Peter Jason wrote:


Have you considered that the imposition of bicycle regos would reduce
the number of bikes?

and put more cars on the road, leading to increase road congestion and
slower traffic flows.

I just hope that the Justin smiths and the Duncan Gays do not get their
way on this issue and some more intelligent minds get an input.
Much as some hate the stupid cyclists among the bicycle world,
registration has to be one of the more stupid solutions.
As far as I can ascertain nowhere in the world has it although some are
pressing for it in other countries, so far sense has prevailed,lets hope
we are not the ones to start it.
OOPs apparently there are places that do have it.

Western Australia had it pre war I believe.

Cost more to administer than it brought in.

THe rego thing is one of those politician things: make a splash with a
wild policy that attacks a small segment of society while appealing to
people who aren't thinking about it because they have better things to
do. But will make them think "if only this happens my life will be
better". (Until they think about it for more than second or two and
think with focused thought rather than emotions about how ****ty car
commuting is these days)

It will not be implemented because of expense up front and ongoing,
will **** off the cops who have to work out how old a kid is and
generally have yet more non-core work to do. But Gay will have primed
a few minds with the idea he's someone who likes them and hates people
they hate.

Standard voter manipulation.

THe car commute problem is hard because there are too many people
wanting too few resources at certain times of day. If you increase
the road real estate people who didn't use it before will use it now
and the advtantage disappears. eg the M5 in Sydney which took less
than a year to becomes a carpark.

IN the end the answer has to be to find ways for fewer people to be on
the road at those congested times. Working in different places,
working at different times, using different methods of transport,
those are the only solutions.

Don't spent money registering cyclists, it will do nothing useful.
Instead spend it making motorcycle training free.... If 1 in 5 of the
single occupant cars on the road in peak were replaced by motorcycles
the traffic would flow far better.

Zebee