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Why are Dutch or Swiss highways so much more pristine than French and German ones? Have you compared distances?
by zwaps 1y ago
Why are Dutch or Swiss highways so much more pristine than French and German ones?
Have you compared distances?
- carlmr 1y agoGerman ones are still way way cleaner than US highways. Germany is also the country with the most traffic because it's kind of at the center of everything and pays roads with income tax instead of tolls. The French charge really high tolls and have very little traffic compared to Germany. They really don't have an excuse.
- moi2388 1y agoExcuses is pretty much all the French have tbh..
- simgt 1y ago> They really don't have an excuse. Oh but we do. Most of the state-owned motorways have been sold off to conglomerates about two decades ago, dividends and exec comps have to come from somewhere.
- Xylakant 1y agoWe do have road tolls for trucks in germany. It's been like that for quite some time.
- disiplus 1y agoin germany trucks pay tolls for highways. Also all the gas is taxed and it goes into the federal budget that is then used to finance highways, so i would say everybody filling up is financing highways.
- carlmr 1y agoAustria has road tolls and similar tax on gas, so do France and Italy. Actually Diesel is even more expensive. So still the cheapest roads to be on for foreigners.
- general1465 1y agoYou don't need to drive far, just get on a US highway and there is dangerous litter every few hundred meters. In extreme cases it goes down to few dozens meters. Sometimes it was like driving in some Mad Max movie.
- AnimalMuppet 1y agoLitter? Sure. Dangerous litter? Every few hundred meters? No. Not sure where you're driving, but no, that's not in general the way US highways are. I mean, I have seen some dangerous things. Not at the rate you describe, though. Not even close.
- fransje26 1y ago> Why are Dutch or Swiss highways so much more pristine than French and German ones? ?? They are not..