Re:The Happy, Healthy Capitalists of Switzerland
by Annatar on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @07:31AM
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It is shocking to me; car owners get gouged on no less than four different surcharge taxes (license plate registration renewal, road tax, vignette on top of the road tax, fuel tax)... and then public places like that gouge them on parking. Because they haven't been extorted enough and ridden enough and squeezed enough for the luxury privilege of owning and driving a car? "Car owners don't want to be packed like sardines in a tram, bus and train with a whole bunch of other strangers, so let's punish them!" That makes me so angry, AAARRRGGGHHH!!!
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Re:The Happy, Healthy Capitalists of Switzerland
by _pferreir_ on Thursday November 07, 2019 @05:57AM
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I don't think it's about "punishing" drivers, it's just that infrastructure costs money and, TBH, the "vignette" is extremely cheap (to say the least) when compared with what you pay for highways e.g. in neighbouring France and Italy.
As for public transport, I don't have the same experience (I do have a car but use it quite often), I only felt like a "sardine" in rare occasions. There are buses/trams/trains often enough to avoid the busiest "rush hour" trips.