Comment on Stop the free ride: all motorists should pay their way, whatever vehicle they drive
No1@aussie.zone 1 week agoWell, 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.
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.
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.
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.
HalfEarthMedic@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
Its absurd to think that traffic fines are any substantial part of the budget but here you go, I did 2-3 minutes of research for you.
In the 2023-24 financial year, fines issued from road safety cameras amounted to $473 million. This figure represents a fraction of the overall cost of speed and distracted driving and seatbelt-related crashes. Link
The total state budget is 111.7 billion. Link
ie. Around half of 1%
I used victoria just because when i typed “traffic camera revenue” into DDG it was the second result.
DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 1 week ago
I ask this as a non-hoon. I hate reckless driving and have never got a speeding ticket in 25 years of driving.