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Everyone I know including myself has bikes getting stolen or attempted to get stolen....I'm usually against big Government. But at this time I am feeling All bikes need to be licensed. But how? I mean here in Provo you can license your bike for 1 dollar. They put a sticker on it and call it a day. Woopi!!!...Then the bike is stolen and the thief pulls the sticker off. What good is that unless they check every bike everyone is riding. But they don't and won't. They need a way to do that.. The thieves are using everything. They are freezing and then cracking U-Locks, using bolt cutters on the thick cable locks. Last night someone used a grinder and cut my U-lock and stole my Haro mountain bike and kid trailer. Finding it will be slim. However we need a new system. The current untraceable one is not working. Lets face it....cops don't give a **** about bikes. And if they have to get out of their car to check licensing on a bike, they give a **** even less. It's time they get some help. I know it may add some cost but what about a RFID on every bike or something similar? Something that can identify a bike by electronic signal within 1-120 feet of a cop car. That way a cop in his car can pick up the signal and match the signal of the bike to a picture of the bike with its make, color, and model. Make everyone do it and there will be less problems of theft. I have now had 2 gary fishers stolen and now a Haro. I don't care if the fee is 25 bucks a year....the boiling point is over....change needs to be now!!! And if you are caught....FELONY BABY!!!!! You make your own bed!!!