406 - 11/14/2024 12:20 - The government shouldn’t be playing the “pay to polute” game as you referred to it. It’s liberal malarchy designed to extend the reach of the government for the benefit of the government, not the people. IF - and I say IF - the pollution is problematic and worthy of regulation, then it should simply be disallowed. If we are going to continue with the pay to play logic, I would very much like to be able to pay an annual fee which lets me drive really fast. - The government should not be discouraging impractical use of a certain product, so as to limit its frivolous production. The government should not be tasked with ensuring a good used supply of a particular product for thrifty buyers. - Just because reckless and impractical people have forever seen fit to force high speed traffic to yield to their incompetencies, does not in any way justify, legitimize, or rationalize their ongoing desire to put themselves and everyone else in a bad situation. Arrogant, self absorbed, entitled bike riders, horse and buggy riders, pedestrians, etc. who actively and repeatedly insert themselves into motorized traffic flow, are generally low risk personalities who somehow have come to believe that their entitlement magically offloads risk and responsibility to everyone but themselves.