Firstly, seat belt use should not be mandatory because seatbelt campaigns spend millions of taxpayer dollars that could go toward funds for causes such as schools and charities.…
The money from the tolls was supposed to go toward improving the roads and to ease travel.…
Why should we have to pay a wheel tax? In Loudon County, TN the government is proposing a 50 dollar wheel tax. Right now we pay 24 dollars per vehicle or item that must be legally registered; altogether we would be paying 74 dollars (Shaver, 2008). The wheel tax is going to be used for our road ways and education. A major issue with the wheel tax is there are people outside the county using the roads and their children use our schools, but pay no wheel tax. With the wheel tax we can be assured safe and secure roads and a better education for our children.…
your chances of injuries. Speeding is one of the easiest ways to wreck. When you are traveling…
The driver is often prone to aggressive competition and prides themselves for being faster than other drivers. These drivers are aggressive and have a bad record traffic and some many have their license revoked by the bad practices they do. When these drivers are in vehicular congestion almost always use the right carrier to avoid…
1) Future tolling rights are legal claims to collect charge from public levied for passage along a particular road, highway, or bridge, at a later time (Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary). Future tolling rights of the M7 toll-road are BrisConnections’ intangible assets. The road is a public-private partnership with the Queensland government (Wikipedia), in which private companies build the roads and are given a limited franchise. When the franchise expires, ownership is transferred to the government. BrisConnections’ annual report showed that future tolling rights is provided by the government through the concession deed. This is an agreement which concedes the use of the road to the project company for a specified period, signed by the entity established by the State in relation to the design and construction.…
In America, transportation is an important part of our life but what's more important is the road. Have you ever wondered how it all started and the significance of the road. The roads improved our economically drastically by providing jobs, profit, and expanding our economy. Politically it helped citizens in many ways, protection and security, military purposes, and it improved technology. There were some issues that were brought up, environmental issues where the roads destroyed trees and landscape and that some of the roads destroyed or went through other people’s property. Socially, it provided communication and easy travel, connecting family and friends with one another. The Interstate Highway Act is an important part of American history…
If your child was walking home from school you would want a piece of mind to no they are safe. If it wasn’t a speed limit law a lot of children and pets would be in danger. Image If you where a senior citizen walking your dam and an idiot speed past, you wouldn’t like that not even a little. You have to think of others when you drive.…
Speeding is a factor in 31 percent of all fatal crashes, killing an average of 1,000 Americans every month, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), which estimates the cost to society of speed-related crashes to be more than $40 billion each year. Speeding is a problem not only on freeways, but also on local streets. Many commuters opt to take surface streets, thinking they can more efficiently…
You can cause a car accident that can affect other drivers like you on the road.…
The government is the major money maker when it comes to collecting funds from speeding tickets and or traffic violations; which they collect on the back end from taxes and etc. The U.S governments are in support of and allow independent states to set the increase and decrease…
Furthermore, Our public highways become dangerous and disastrous because of this infantile act. It disturb people, in a fact when a accident occurred traffic become jammed and meander. Which could lead to severe problems. Have you not experience this? Have not ever got tired of this? Then what are you waiting for? You should pass the law and we’ll be grateful for your action and will be highly appreciated.…
The economic costs may be even higher. American drivers fork over more than $100 billion for extra trips to the repair shop every year because of subpar roads. Due to congestion, motorists spend 6.9 billion hours stuck in traffic. That waste of time and fuel sucks $960 from the average driver's wallet each year.…
But the effects of the congestion charge have been controversial. Fewer cars entering the zone don’t mean less congestion. There is not enough parking to leave your car, if you want to avoid the toll. Then if you don’t use your car you will have to take the bus or the metro. But the metro in London is really expensive and buses, at the peak hours are too crowded. I believe that this toll penalizes the middle class people who work in the zone and live in the…
Should governments spend more money on improving roads and highways, or should governments spend more money on improving public transportation (buses, trains, subways)? Why? Use specific reasons and details to develop your essay.…