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New York is proposing a new bicycle law. They want all bikes to have license plates. Bicycle owners would pay $25 for the first year and then $5 each year after that.
The idea is not going over too well upstate.
“Collecting money from parents and from little kids – that would give us their allowance money to be able to ride their bicycle – to pay for a license plate . . . that’s gone too far,” says Erie County Clerk Kathy Hochul.
Ed Reilly of WKBW ha more: Link
Photo: Dawn Endico [Flickr]
I’ve got a serious case of plate envy just looking at this neat collection of geeky license plates over at our pal Geeks Are Sexy: Link
I can picture it: Kirk screaming in rage after being stuck in traffic.
Who do you think will win? Watch what happens when the driver of this car dares to honk at a street dog: Link [embedded YouTube]
Ah, perhaps the driver is used to it. That kind of car never gets any respect.
Tiburon, California, has become the first community in the United States to record the license plate of every car that enter or leave the town:
Plates will be compared to databases of stolen or wanted cars, with matches triggering an immediate alert to local officers. If detectives are investigating a crime, they will be able to search the records to try to find possible suspects. [...]
"If it lowers the crime rate even a little bit, then it’s a great idea," said Yami Anolik, a 64-year-old real estate investor whose husband, Al Anolik, spoke in favor of the cameras at the meeting.
She said she did not share the privacy concerns of some of her neighbors, explaining, "If you’re driving on a public road, you gave up your privacy already. If you want to be private, stay at home."
Do you think this is a good idea? Link
(Photo: CJ Sorg [Flickr])
