Also, do cyclists register their bikes within the states that they ride them? Do they pay taxes on tires, fuel, etc.? Maybe cyclists should consider that roads were designed and intended for automobiles...
Should pedestrians also have to do this? Also it really doesn't make much sense since drivers are typing charged by weight, because that's what matters when it comes to wear and tear on the roads. Bicycles weight nothing compared to cars. Having such a system and charging bicyclist by weight would be orders of magnitude more expensive then the money it brings in.
Yes, yes, and in many places they also have to register them and pay taxes at that point as well.
I pay taxes on my tires. I pay tax on the food I eat. I pay tax on the gasoline I buy too. I also volunteer to help build new trails for bikes.
I wasn’t aware that roads were ‘designed and intended for automobiles’ given that so many of them existed long before the automobile, and so many of them also include provisions for cyclists, pedestrians, buses, trucks, trams, motorcycles etc.
So to clarify for anyone thinking "that's not the car's fault, they would've been watching for pedestrians on the sidewalk," there were no sidewalks. Only road.
Not uncommon for suburbs in the US, because why would anyone want to walk when you could drive a 4000 lb SUV everywhere?
Regarding your actual point, obviously the roads meant for automobiles and similar are the only way to get from A to B for almost all A and B, leaving many cyclists no other choice than to ride among automobiles.