Why is the quebec goverment trying to get rid of motorcycles?

Question

why is the plates for a motorcycle going more than double next year?why do they want to get the bikes off the road,*think what you want but buy raising the price frome85$to 215$(for 49cc)thats to me is slowly trying to get bikes off tthe road,with gas prices today and poluttion they should promote motorcycles use,i hate this provence

Answer 1

Because they're French and French people are retarded.

Answer 2

It's because Quebec has a government-run, no-fault insurance program for bodily injury. The insurance premium is part of the cost of license.

I'm a p*ssed-off motorcyclist as well. The government logic is as follows: motorcyclists account for a small proportion of motor vehicles (and therefore license registration income) but account for a disproportionately large amount of the healthcare costs from accidents. Insurance being rissk averse by nature, the premiums must be higher to properly reflect the risk/cost of repairing the mangled bodies they produce.

But the approach is misshandled: if it's a no-fault mandatory government insurance program, it should be just that: NO FAULT! The same premium for everyone and society as a whole assumes the cost. If we're moving away from the no-fault model to take into account risk factors, don't stop at motorcycle vs. car. Keep going and account for driving record, s*x, age, residence, etc.. I should be paying a lot less!

But other than this nitpicking, look at the big picture, if we didn't have the government coverage for bodily injury, we'd have private insurance coverage. What we currently pay to the government for the license we're NOT paying on our private insurance. So what the h**l, until we pressure our government & society to give motorcyclists a break because we (on the other hand) emit less carbon dioxide, we just have to pay for the pleasure of riding.  

Answer 3

Too dangerous trying to drive a motorcycle and watch the hockey game on the iphone.