Help! Car Tax in Tallinn!

The news this morning stated something horrible. Tallinn City Government are introducing car/pollution tax to people driving in Tallinn, starting from the first of May. This is similar to Stockholm, where they have security cameras, which take a picture of your car and then send a bill to your house.

But when in Stockholm this costs around 10 SEK every time you enter the city centre, here they want to make it the same as the parking areas. This means entering the town area will cost 16 EEK, entering city centre will cost 36 kroons and entering old town will cost 72 EEK. This does not apply to members of Parliament/Riigikogu, who have to go to old town every day anyway.

The press officer of Tallinn City Government says this tax has to be so high so that the people would pay for the security cameras themselves. Since the city government has wasted enough taxpayer money anyway, they want the people to help themselves now. Tallinn City Government hopes this new tax will be greeted with glee, since people in Stockholm have already accepted the system and are not rebellious.

I will now deeply consider driving the car to town on a daily schedule. May God have mercy on our souls.