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Flat Tires

I an so freaking tired of flat tires! I'm thinking very seriously about demanding a voucher or something from the city for all the flat tires I get. Why should the city pay for my flat tires? Well, primarily because city code requires that I ride to the right of the lane. That is where the glass gardens grow. Glass gardens are all the glass that ends up on the right side of the lane, right where I am required to ride.

See, every time one pollution machine gets into a wreck with another pollution machine, broken glass is inevitably the result. Is this glass ever cleaned up, either by the city, or by the respective pollution machine owners? Oh no. Its pushed to the right side of the lane, where I am required to ride, making my one flat tire a month a forgone conclusion.

So that's it, I will start a one-man campaign to get the city to issue vouchers to every person who commutes on a bike or works on a bike. I'm thinking one tube a month, at $5.00 a tube, plus a new set of tires, twice a year for $200.00; that's $260.00 a year I should be getting from the city!

I'm quite sure the money I save the city every year would offset the expense. My bike does not cause any wear on the roads, saving the city thousands of dollars a year in repair costs.

Perhaps we should also think about legislation requiring pollution machine owners to clean up the resulting debris, personally, after their accidents. Hhmmm.........

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