[Ski]

I just switched ISPs and had to set up a new email account. had to go through my old email inbox and copy-and-paste all the addresses and advise everybody of the new email addy. so I figured I'd check my OLD old email account too, just to cover all the bases. and what do I find in the inbox in my OLD old email account? two emails from Karen Sykes. send dates of April 2015 both from the same *.au domain there are some bastards who just can't seem to stoop low enough to spam you.

[More Cowbell]

The stinky smell of the Pug dog in my office is making my eyes water.

[Alpendave]

Cigarette butts are still litter. I look forward to seeing you filth flickers on my Cath Lab table😡

[Randito]

Seattle drivers that complain about tolls and traffic, can't merge competently and are completely befuddled by roundabouts and don't appreciate how short and simple commuting in the Seattle metro really is.

[MtnGoat]

Roundabouts. Tolls on roads we already pay fuel taxes for. Not requiring plates and fees for adults on bicycles Leggings are not pants.

[treeswarper]

[MtnGoat]

Fuel taxes are for fueled vehicle infrastructure, not the added waste and expense of bike lanes, signage, etc. Even if you can only drive one rig at once...you're using the road your fuel tax paid to build. I know it's not perfect, I'd prefer fuel taxes cover 100% of road infrastructure for vehicles, and nothing else. Studded tires are a part of road usage in the winter with said vehicle. I'm even OK with fuel taxes scaled by region, so Seattle users didn't pay for as much stud damage but dry siders don't pay for floating bridges. I know, many folks don't need studs. But those who do, need 'em. Last winter had many many days of ice rink roads inches deep with hard frozen ice storm ice, and you need every bit of help you can get on the canyon roads no matter your speed.

[treeswarper]

Why should I pay fees for bike riding when there are zero bike lanes or facilities for bikes here? We managed to drive without studded tires just fine for decades. That was even in the days of rear drive cars, on the cold side of the mountains. Why can't we drive without them now, with all wheel and front wheel drive, plus deicer? Perhaps there has been a decline in driving skills?

[Randito]

[treeswarper]

Where are these fabled bike lanes? I have a choice of county road with no shoulders where many people exceed the speed limit, especially in the straight aways, or deadly highway 12, with wide shoulders and idiot drivers who run cars off onto the shoulders, never mind a little bike. I believe this came up before when a legislator was proposing bike fees to pay for the bike lanes but then it was pointed out that bike lanes do not exist in many parts of the state.

[Randito]

[MtnGoat]

I wasn't aware making an argument was a rant, but then I need to take into account who is responding and their tendencies. First hit on googling WA state spending on bike lanes

[Randito]

[Token Civilian]

My rant: People always seem to choose the complex, expensive, privacy destroying and difficult to administer tax proposals in lieu of the simple. Look at the idiots at the DOT with their privacy destroying, difficult & expensive to administer proposals for GPS monitors instead of the current simple and cheap to administer per mile tax system we have (aka the gas tax). In re taxing bikers to pay for bike infrastructure: license plates, etc aren't going to happen. Good luck getting any kind of compliance, plus you'll pester the sh*t out of people needlessly. How to extract taxes from bike riders without inconveniencing them? Simple. Excise tax on new bike sales, excise tax on bike tire sales, excise tax on bike tube sales. Divide state into 6 regions (King County is its own, Snohomish Co, North of Sno Co to Canada, Pierce Co, rest of Western Wa, all of Eastern Wa) where taxes collected in that region fund projects in that region.

[Randito]