ManusJustus said:
Kasz216 said:
ManusJustus said:
Kasz216 said:
I'm not argueing for something I disagree with. I'm argueing something would work that I disagree with.
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Why do you disagree with it?
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A) From the limited data... private roads work better and are safer... even when adjusting for just about everything... but this is limited data.
B) Even assuming the data is better it would take quite the transition period to transition over all of the public roads to private roads.
C) A lot of the advantages of private roads COULD be adopted by public roads... and like I showed in that paper... some are being considered.
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A) What do you mean by better and safer? Do you mean that private roads are more economically efficient, and are you considering externalities? Do you mean that private roads have better transportation safety engineering standards than public roads? Do you mean that private roads have safer construction methods than public roads?
B) If something really is more efficient, why wouldn't you support adopting it?
C) If public roads run as efficiently as private roads, then what advantage is there to the introduction of the private market?
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A) And this is how I know you didn't read any of the sources provided. Swedish PRA roads cost less then similar Swedish roads, largely becuase private buisnesses are more likely to react and fix small problems right away, because they're more likely to directly be effected by being sued. It's all about preventative care. Imagine if the government fixed problems as soon as they were little cracks or holes.. taking like less then a full day to do, rather then waiting for pot holes to get huge, lots of people complain, wait for funding, and wait for voting on where the road fixes go.
B) Because the transition would be long and painful. Afterall, you wouldn't be able to instantly implement the system EVERYWHERE at once... and if you don't that means either some people are double dip paying because they have to pay the Gas Tax and tolls... or the government will run deficits as it will have to remove the tax, and still have to pay for repairs.
C) They don't yet... but they could come close enough. If they focus on things such as preventative road care and congestion based pricing.
Government roads might even operate better then private roads... if the government started dealing with roads competently. However, they haven't so far.
Also it would help if some desicions stopped being made on the national level.
As mentioned earlier, think about the "Bridge to Nowhere". That was hardly an exception.