In cities paying to park is pretty common…
Every business lot in my neighborhood recently became pay-to-park; the businesses have to validate if you’re actually parking for their services.
It should be the case everywhere. Everyone pays for the roads whether they have a car or not.
A some countries use the petrol tax to fund roads, so it’s mostly paid for by people with cars.
Absolutely not the case in the UK, where all roads except motorways are paid from general taxation.
You just described exactly how things are (except it’s not double, it’s like 20x)
isn’t that what tickets are supposed to be?
In theory, but in the UK if you park badly enough it’s a police matter and they have more important things to do than bother with crap parking. So just park your stupid huge truck on the grass on the path and fuck everyone else. Even when they are legally parked they are an eyesore. Our whole road looks like a scrap yard, with cars everywhere. Why should they be able to use the road as storage 24/7 for free?
Example:
Wheelchair user? Pushing a pram? Pulling a wheeley bag?
You shall not pass.
in my region cops will immediately ticket you if they see stuff like this.
though crime and inequality is increasing at a steady pace, so traffic violations are getting proportionally not cared about too.
nothing keys couldn’t fix.
And I should have a public transportation option. But I don’t.
Aren’t they? Free parking is pretty rare …
