We were informed some months ago that the Johannesburg Roads Agency wants to toll our highways. Our highways are major routes to and from work for the majority of us.
However, the plan is to use open road tolling. A brilliant idea some might say. Where you get an RF tag attached to your car, or license plate, and when you drive past the tolling gantry on the highway, you get charged.
Now, this morning I had a thought. All of us that live here and want to make use of the highway will have to get these tags, do the paperwork, and all the other nonsense associated with it. What about visitors? When people from other towns and provinces drive around up here, sans tolling tags. How the fuck are they going to get charged for using the highway?
In essence, with our rates and taxes, we have already paid for this bloody road. Now some schmuck from down the coast comes to wreak havoc on our roads without having the pleasure of paying for it. What a bloody cheek.
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