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> making this a tough battle. well, they have some strong arguments. In my Country cars are worth 77 billion euros in taxes every year. If my country was a f
by peoplefromibiza 4y ago
> making this a tough battle.
well, they have some strong arguments.
In my Country cars are worth 77 billion euros in taxes every year.
If my country was a free market utopia like US, people would be screaming that they paid for those roads and it's their right to use them exclusively.
Bikes aren't worth that much, unfortunately.
- tremon 4y agoCars also cause a lot more road wear than bikes do, and they require a lot more road surface area than bikes. It makes perfect sense that car users pay for the majority of road maintenance.
- uavals 4y agoIts not so simple as “I paid I, so I do what I want”. Are roads funded exclusively from tax collected from car taxes? Aren’t bicycle and public transport users also funding roads also? Even if indirectly, by going to a shop that use those roads for supplies. As far as I heard, roads cost a LOT to maintain (and more to build). 77 billion might be a small bucket in the ocean depending on the country. This is public space, your freedom to drive a car impacts my commute time by bus.