ManusJustus said:
So whats preventing people from not putting GPS on their vehicles so they don't have to be charged for driving on roads? And why haven't you addressed the fact that directly charging people whenever they leave their homes would greatly reduce economic activity? A) What about "right of way" laws? Everyone would immediately be a prisoner in their own homes, with no right to travel elsewhere. B) How are you going to charge pedestrians to pay for sidewalks along the roads in urban areas? GPS ankle bracelets on everyone? This is getting more and more stupid as we go... |
What prevents it is... GPS are going to be in your car regardless. Old cars won't by default have a GPS, but old cars will be gone shortly?
And... because it wouldn't? Afterall, it's not like people are just outright losing money. They're getting the money back they would be paying in road taxes... money that can be more efficently spent.
Furthermore
A) By car... yeah. Seems like a positive when it comes to cutting down on global warming and would lead to a rise of more use of public transporation and private buses. Sounds like a good thing to me. Don't see how it's much different at all from how things work now. Outside the fact that you would be charged based on how much you use the road vs being overcharged for responsible use of a car, and undercharged for irresponsible use.
B) Why would you charge pedestrians? Who was talking about privatising sidewalks? If anything, just slap on a government regulation mandating that sidewalks have to be up to a certain code.
It only keeps sounding more ridiculious becuase you keep adding in things i've never said, simply out of an inability to notice the fact that this already exists and happens.
Not to mention you've completely ignored http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_road_association.
Which do things better with minimal government involvement.
