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Stop the free ride: all motorists should pay their way, whatever vehicle they drive (theconversation.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by HalfEarthMedic@slrpnk.net 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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[–] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Do you have a source for that? I don't mean dependent like the government would collapse without it, but that they have included it in their budget expectations and would very much like to keep it.

[–] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago

I ask this as a non-hoon. I hate reckless driving and have never got a speeding ticket in 25 years of driving.

[–] HalfEarthMedic@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Its absurd to think that traffic fines are any substantial part of the budget but here you go, I did 2-3 minutes of research for you.

In the 2023-24 financial year, fines issued from road safety cameras amounted to $473 million. This figure represents a fraction of the overall cost of speed and distracted driving and seatbelt-related crashes. Link

The total state budget is 111.7 billion. Link

ie. Around half of 1%

I used victoria just because when i typed "traffic camera revenue" into DDG it was the second result.