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Stop the free ride: all motorists should pay their way, whatever vehicle they drive (theconversation.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/australia@aussie.zone
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A specific road use tax on EVs and hybrids makes no sense.

Given the harms caused by traditional vehicles, society should welcome the decline in fuel excise revenue caused by the transition to EVs – in the same way we should welcome declining revenue from cigarette taxes.

Vehicle registration fees make only a modest contribution to road costs. That’s why all motorists should pay a road-user charge. The payment should be based on a combination of vehicle mass and distance travelled

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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

Well yeah, but most of my driving is around the suburbs or the small country roads near my house, no complaints I guess, but i wouldn't be paying my fair share of road use.

Plus to cover the full road network seems like a huge expense. I mean you could fund it using a carbon tax, but I feel like paying for tollboths is not good bang for buck in carbon abatement

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