Why not tax all wheels, legs

Regarding the two recent letters demanding licensing for cyclists, I would like to add my voice and say: Absolutely! You bet! Fabulous idea! But let’s not stop there! Let’s demand licenses for tricycles, scooters, Big Wheels, prams, jogger carriages, the whole enchilada. No two-wheeled self-propelled vehicle left behind! And why not include walkers? Joggers? Every means of transpo that doesn’t involve internal combustion.

I also propose a new bureaucracy, the DOB (Department of Bicycles)! These would be the people who would oversee the licensing offices where we could all stand in endless lines to be eventually waited on by surly public servants and then have the worst pictures ever taken of us for our new “Bicycle License.”

Now, I know there will be some naysayers who will whine about the cost of regulating something like this, but I’ve thought that through as well. We could tax stupidity, that should cover it.

Peter Smith

Everett