Comment on Stop the free ride: all motorists should pay their way, whatever vehicle they drive

DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• No1@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Well, we’ll just have to tax bicycles, buses and trains etc!

  And anyone/anything who has legs. I’m awake to your ‘walking’ and ‘riding a horse’ schemes.

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  • DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    It is funny when revenue raising and incentivising behaviour get mixed. Like when governments become dependent on speeding fine revenue.

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    • HalfEarthMedic@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Governments have never been dependent on speeding fine revenue. This is a myth perpetuated by people who are indignant that they can’t drive recklessly without consequence.

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      • DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Do you have a source for that? I don’t mean dependent like the government would collapse without it, but that they have included it in their budget expectations and would very much like to keep it.

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