Weird. I thought lying and mattresses went together pretty well. Am I sleeping incorrectly?

Which is a shame, because he would be the perfect spokesman for the new Tempurpedic “The-details-are-escaping-my Memory Foam” mattress.

Dude what are you on? Everyone pays taxes at the local level in some way. Yeah there’s a gas tax in California, but we also have state income tax, sales tax, and property tax. Even if I choose not to own a car, which is my right, I still have an interest in the maintenance of the roads because I still need…

Oh yes, all that maintenance required by the EXTREME WEIGHT AND WEAR AND TEAR of 30 pound bicycles riding on asphalt at 15 mph.

Bike riders pay a much higher proportion of roads when you look at how much they actually cost.

If you want to break it down to that level, the bicycles contribute a negligible amount to global warming, and only during the production process, whereas the car contributes greatly in both production and use. Yet the gas tax doesn’t even remotely cover the economic impact of climate change. Sooo, get off your soap…

Wrong. Virtually everyone who commutes by bike also owns a car and pays the taxes you’re describing. Also, gas taxes pay only a portion of the bill for infrastructure and maintenance. Most of it comes from federal sources, meaning general tax revenue. Since recreational cyclists have a higher HHI than average, that…

If it’s not a state highway, it gets very little gas tax money. Local property and sales taxes provide the overwhelming majority of revenue for local street construction and maintenance.

Haha, are you serious? You realize whether there is a dedicated lane or not, bicyclists are still going to use the road, right? So the choice is (1) have no bike lane so that cyclists slow everyone down and are in more danger or (2) have a dedicated bike lane so that cyclists and drivers can easily stay outside of…

Heaven forbid the municipality try to encourage people to bike instead of drive cars! The nerve! It’s not like we are seeing any massive global repercussions from our continued gas spewing ways.

1.) If you don’t want bike lanes, then don’t complain about bikes in the same lane as cars. If you’d prefer to have cyclists bike in a different lane than cars, then don’t complain about bike lanes.

Gas taxes are only a fractional part of bike lane funding in California

You know most bicyclists own cars as well, right?

You should probably inform yourself on the taxes that pay for roads. I’ll give you a hint, car drivers get a pretty sweet deal.

I'm pretty sure gas taxes don't even remotely cover road maintenance.

Hey, genius, local and state taxes go to pay for roads, not just gasoline taxes. Also most cyclists also own a car and pay gas taxes. So you're wrong twice. Take your cargo shorts and minivan and go fuck yourself.

Bullshit!!

OK, we get it - you have no idea how roads are payed for. Try a google search, learn something today.

You do realize that the vast majority of cyclists also own a car, right?

You’ve completely misused this.

There is nothing smug about telling an asshole not to drive in the bike lane.