What do we do when drivers get the message?

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Originally Posted by Chenz

There was some traffic guru on the radio advocating a 30kph for streets in Melbourne.

You would spend the whole time with your foot on the brake and looking at the speedo.

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Probably Dr Bruce Corben, the fellow in the article linked in the OP.

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Originally Posted by MrLandy

We all pay our taxes. In fact I'm tired of paying taxes for so many roads, when public transport and cycle / pedestrian areas are so under funded.

So are you arguing that all current green/pedestrian/cycling areas should be user pays too? Or that they should be bitumenised so road vehicle registration taxes can pay for them instead?

It wasnt that long ago when we didn't have to pay anything for simply existing in the natural environment. Now you can't park, eat or camp for free in most parks in Australia. What's next? User pays air?

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Aren't they pretty much all paved anyway? Only a small minority of people use walking tracks, and why do they need to be paved anyway. Oh that's right, they might lose their footing and hurt themselves :angel:

But I'm a firm believer that bike riders should pay rego. You want all these things done for you, why shouldn't you put in extra?

I do believe in exercise though, and everybody should be doing it, walking probably being the cheapest of all. Maybe we'd be a fitter society.

Don't worry about the 30km zones. It'll be the loss of productivity because everyone is already worn out by the extra 10%+ commute times. Then the government can beat on the productivity drum