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Your free travel is free only because its true cost is heavily subsidized and carefully hidden. Pay what it costs and you can travel all you want. I’m done with

Your free travel is free only because its true cost is heavily subsidized and carefully hidden. Pay what it costs and you can travel all you want. I’m done with my tax dollars paying for your bad habits. “Free” my ass.

pierat 3y ago
How are motor vehicles subsidized? ---------------------- Loosely enforced speed limits Arbitrary setting of speed limits Free, off-street parking mandated in building codes Low Housing density induced sprawl and car requirement Exempting pickup trucks and SUVs from emissions laws Lack of vehicle safety laws to protect pedestrians and cyclists Aftermarket products exploit a lack of regulations Mandatory Insurance law: payout requirements A mortgage interest deduction drives suburban sprawl Tax laws favor car ownership Tax formulas favor car commuting over public transit, biking, and employer van pools Pedestrians have limited ability to sue drivers Pedestrians can’t sue car makers for defects Hit and runs are rarely prosecuted Out-of-pocket car expenses don’t cover the cost of roads .... Is this a good start, wussboy?
- zeroonetwothree 3y ago
  I would say the two factors of free parking and free road use far eclipse the rest.
jazzyjackson 3y ago
Given "using the roads that their taxes pay for", OP seems to be under the impression that gas tax just about covers it. Difficult to find an unbiased source but iirc gas tax covers 30-50% of whats spent on roads Of course, like other infrastructure, its not necessarily meant to pay for itself directly, so long as economic growth makes up for it, but I think there's many cases where adding another lane to thr highway costs more than it enables. Frankly a lot of the road construction seems like a grift to me - how many hours can we take to resurface this section of the interstate ? Easy place to pour money - the roads always need repair, and yet, with all the bridges and tunnels failing with inadequate upkeep, one wonders if the money ever touches the ground.
- zeroonetwothree 3y ago
  The real cost of roads is in the space you take up that other cars cannot (at least in any area with significant population density). And that’s not paid for at all.

pierat 3y ago

How are motor vehicles subsidized? ---------------------- Loosely enforced speed limits Arbitrary setting of speed limits Free, off-street parking mandated in building codes Low Housing density induced sprawl and car requirement Exempting pickup trucks and SUVs from emissions laws Lack of vehicle safety laws to protect pedestrians and cyclists Aftermarket products exploit a lack of regulations Mandatory Insurance law: payout requirements A mortgage interest deduction drives suburban sprawl Tax laws favor car ownership Tax formulas favor car commuting over public transit, biking, and employer van pools Pedestrians have limited ability to sue drivers Pedestrians can’t sue car makers for defects Hit and runs are rarely prosecuted Out-of-pocket car expenses don’t cover the cost of roads .... Is this a good start, wussboy?

zeroonetwothree 3y ago
I would say the two factors of free parking and free road use far eclipse the rest.

jazzyjackson 3y ago

Given "using the roads that their taxes pay for", OP seems to be under the impression that gas tax just about covers it. Difficult to find an unbiased source but iirc gas tax covers 30-50% of whats spent on roads Of course, like other infrastructure, its not necessarily meant to pay for itself directly, so long as economic growth makes up for it, but I think there's many cases where adding another lane to thr highway costs more than it enables. Frankly a lot of the road construction seems like a grift to me - how many hours can we take to resurface this section of the interstate ? Easy place to pour money - the roads always need repair, and yet, with all the bridges and tunnels failing with inadequate upkeep, one wonders if the money ever touches the ground.

zeroonetwothree 3y ago
The real cost of roads is in the space you take up that other cars cannot (at least in any area with significant population density). And that’s not paid for at all.