> "spindrift" hotmail.com> wrote:

>>On 14 Mar, 14:00, Jeff York btinternet.com> wrote:

>>>"how would that compare to a "cost of not having
>>> any traffic on the roads at all" ie economic stagnation?"

>

>>Please don't post silly straw man arguments.

>
> I see no strawman... I see a criticism of a cost/benefit analysis that
> includes only the costs.
>

>>The argument against raised taxation for motorists is not "economic
>>stagnation" nor is it a return to horse and carts, calm down.

>
> I didn't say that it was, merely drew your attention to the "benefit"
> side of the equation..
>

>>> "Covered largely by insurance, paid for by motorists, commercial
>>> vehicle owners and (responsible) cyclists."

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