▲ 43 ▼ Can we stop buying these stupid things? Thanks (lemmy.blahaj.zone) submitted 3 years ago by R00bot@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/australia@aussie.zone 70 comments fedilink hide all child comments It barely fits in the bloody car park. So bad for pedestrians and the environment.
[–] ephemeral_gibbon@aussie.zone 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yes, however with that it'd be more expensive to administer taxation on bicycles etc. Than what they'd bring in... So not really worth doing at all. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TassieTosser@aussie.zone 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) Since the amount of damage caused by bikes to infrastructure would be small, the govt could just slap a tax for the cost to the purchase price of every bike. Not saying I'd agree with it but there are ways to make all road users pay their share. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] itsmikeyd@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 years ago Surely human powered transport should have tax breaks in order to encourage adoption by promoting affordability though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TassieTosser@aussie.zone 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) Since the amount of damage caused by bikes to infrastructure would be small, the govt could just slap a tax for the cost to the purchase price of every bike. Not saying I'd agree with it but there are ways to make all road users pay their share. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] itsmikeyd@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 years ago Surely human powered transport should have tax breaks in order to encourage adoption by promoting affordability though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] itsmikeyd@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 years ago Surely human powered transport should have tax breaks in order to encourage adoption by promoting affordability though. permalink fedilink source parent
