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Re:Iowa Makes a Bold Admission: We Need Fewer Roads by mholt on Thursday July 09, 2015 @08:03PM (#9861529)
You're right. But the cost is still lower than fixing potholes in asphalt due to wear & tear, freezing and thawing, and slippery ice is less of a problem too.

Not surprisingly, most Iowa folks are good drivers in bad weather. Generally it's avoided altogether. When it has to be done, most people are smart enough to slow down and be careful, or pull over and wait it out. There will still be accidents, but less cars slide off icy gravel roads since they seldom exist.

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Re:Iowa Makes a Bold Admission: We Need Fewer Roads by pekk on Thursday July 09, 2015 @10:04PM (#9861927)
The cost to the government may be lower than fixing potholes in asphalt, but not necessarily to the people driving cars.
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Re:Iowa Makes a Bold Admission: We Need Fewer Roads by ObviousScience on Friday July 10, 2015 @01:13AM (#9862413)
So you're saying the total cost is lower, and borne only by the people incurring it, not every taxpayer?

I... uh... were you disagreeing with the person above you?

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Re:Iowa Makes a Bold Admission: We Need Fewer Roads by corin_ on Friday July 10, 2015 @03:21AM (#9862690)
No he didn't say the total cost is lower, he said one side is lower and one higher. He was completely ambiguous (and I have no additional knowledge to add) about which cost changed more.
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Re:Iowa Makes a Bold Admission: We Need Fewer Roads by chongli on Friday July 10, 2015 @09:13AM (#9863722)
The political cost of accidents and other car damage far exceeds the political cost of a diffuse tax burden for roads which everybody generally agrees are necessary.
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