How did you arrive at this figure? Bikes can be purchased for less than $40-$50, then a $50p/a fee.....yeah......right!
It seems about right when you compare it to the price of bicycles.
I think you paid $13,000 for a bicycle but the average one costs $100-$200.
Motorbikes can be purchased for less than $500 but cost at least $500 pa to register.....yeah......right!
But it happens.
Address the main question on post #62, then talk about the minor details like actual price.
There are 8 questions in post #62.
1) How do you implement a registration of bicycles?
the govt can implement anything they want and if they haven't done it yet i'm sure they'll figure out a way to do it.
2) How much would it cost?
a rough figure can be reached by dividing the annual revenue raised by the amount of staff and overheads required to collect it.
3) What revenue would come in if there was to be a successful plan implemented to offset some of the above costs?
a rough figure can be reached by deducting the above costs from the revenue received.
4) What resources (like police) would be utilised to catch a 10yo boy riding his bike in a culdasac without his helmet to give him a $30 fine?
yes the police, same as usual.. 10yo kids are charged with other crimes so i don't see why they should be let off for riding without a helmet which is the law. A culdesac is still a publicly gazetted road.. the police don't care what sort of road it is, it's all about the money.
5) Would they not be better off chasing a drunk driver or speedster causing potential road carnage?
of course but we all know it's about the money.
6) Do you jail a serial offender cyclist who doesnt register his commuter bike to get to work so he can feed and house his family?
if they jail a serial offender driver or motorcyclist for the same thing then of course they should jail the cyclist. Why should they have different laws for cyclists
7) Ok, $400 is going to be steep for a bike purchased at KMart for $40 for a 6yo learning to ride a bike is it not?
you think 10% of the bike's value is too expensive as an annual registration fee I think you'll find it's not far above the average.
8) One could argue that 6yo should not be riding on the road, but my 7yo daughter has on occasion rode beside me whilst I go running. So why then would it not be $20?
yes i agree kids under the age of whatever should get a discount rate, same as public transport and the movies.