GPS tracking and a very high cost per mile may work.
2007-01-31 04:00:52 · 9 answers · asked by A True Gentleman 5 in Environment
Is that you Ebeeneezer Broon.? ...have you tried going to work on a Bus or Train. waiting in the pissing rain for a bus full of people coughing & spluttering all over you..or else in Glasgow having some Junkie mugging you....or going to the Asda ..for your messages .where do you put them in the buses' boot ? . believe me you will be praying for a car... talking about the Environment have you seen a Buses' Exhaust recently ....the fumes are shocking.. Stop taxing to death the Motorist..
2007-01-31 04:12:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's no need to be indirect or high tech. A simple solution is easy.
Tax gasoline. Use the tax money to make public transportation free. People who want to drive can still do it, and they'll pay the bus fare for other people to ride buses. As a fringe benefit car drivers will have less traffic to deal with. Everybody wins.
2007-01-31 04:33:43 · answer #2 · answered by Bob 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think we should ration people's amount of petrol/gas that they can receive each week. This would make people think about why they are driving and if the trip is absolutely necessary. It would encourage people to share transport, use public transport when they can and save their use of the car for really important reasons. Make people consider moving closer to where they work and to live in proximity to public transport. It would make a huge difference and be fair as everyone would have the same amount or they could sell their allocation if they wanted to. This would be an extra source of income for the people who led more self sufficient lives.
2007-01-31 04:55:17 · answer #3 · answered by Shynney 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would you tax someone for choosing to use a bus over their car when we're already being taxed for public transportation anyway? This doesn't make sense to me. We're already paying to provide the city buses whether 10 people ride or 1000 people ride. Why on earth would you want to make an additional tax for those who own a car? I personally think it cuts down on the traffic. And I HATE traffic.
2007-01-31 04:09:52 · answer #4 · answered by Nikki S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the first place it is none of your business. The person ruining the business is much better at making that decision. And there is the dragon raising it head of to soak the successful business man with more tax. Don't u know it makes no difference to them to raise the tax ,he in tern will raise the price and it never touches hem. The poor guy buying the merchandise will pay for it.
2007-01-31 04:25:08 · answer #5 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about starting a war in the middle east so that the price of oil will rise to the point that gas is just too expensive? Oh, wait! Bush DID that, and all the Liberals got upset!
2007-01-31 04:08:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why not use the gvmt stormtroopers to just march up to a car and force the driver out at gunpoint? This way you and your little nazi groups don't have to waste the time collecting taxes!
2007-01-31 04:45:39 · answer #7 · answered by radical4capitalism 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great idea. Rural people, farmers, loggers, miners, etc. already are at an economic disadvantage. Since they don't have access to public transport, let's hit them even harder.
2007-01-31 04:53:42 · answer #8 · answered by Dale K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are plenty of solutions to encouraging alternative energy and conservation that don't involve coercion and more government spying. There's already way too much of that. NO THANKS
2007-01-31 04:06:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋