Re: $4b transport plan to ease petrol heat

["Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au>]

"Taliesin Walker"
"Tezza"
> >"Taliesin Walker"
> >> "Tezza"
> >> >I beg your pardon! Car drivers *more* than pay their bloody way. Both
the
> >NSW and Federal governments collect far more in fuel taxes than is spent on
> >roads.

> >> True, but only if you consider spending on roads, and not the cost of
> >> accidents, lost time and polution.
> >
> >
> >If they spent a reasonable proportion of the funds collected from cars, on
> >roads then accidents, lost time and pollution would be greatly reduced.
>
> It can be shown that building roads leads to worse traffic in many
> cases.

Usually when they provide only part of the new road systems that are needed.
It can be shown that pigs can fly too.

>
> You can hope to build roads that are idiot proof. If you try people
> seem to have a tendancy to drive more stupidly, thus reducing the
> benefit.

Yet the road toll goes down. Maybe they need to build less stupid pedestrians.