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>Why are cars allowed to litter the public roads and park all over the place, taking up a massive amount of space with mostly empty seats and driven around less
by alasdair_ 8y ago
>Why are cars allowed to litter the public roads and park all over the place, taking up a massive amount of space with mostly empty seats and driven around less than 10% of the time?
Because car owners pay extra in taxes, specifically to cover the additional costs to society.
- matchbok 8y agoThe taxes are a drop in the bucket compared to the wasted space, pollution, and clutter.
- iso1337 8y agoYup, especially when any attempt to raise gas taxes is met with hostility by the voters. We massively subsidize drivers in this country. It's a natural consequence of people voting for their own short-term self-interests. https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2015/05/debunking-the-myth-that-only-drivers-pay-for-roads/393134/ https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2015/05/debunking-the...
- xur17 8y agoThe taxes are a drop in the bucket compared to just the road costs alone (ignoring the other societal downsides).