[DRAFT] Ban Autobahns and Highways act

[Eireann Fae]

"What the hell are cars?" Rowan consults her codex, the Faerie Emissary looking over her shoulder. After reading a brief description and seeing a video of one in action, Episky and her Human companion alike shrug their shoulders. "This seems to be an efficient personal conveyance, and these 'high ways' look to be a good way to get around with the technology. We see no reason they should not be constructed, within reason. We certainly would not ban them outright."

[East Lithuania]

Yeah, no.

[Monikian WA Mission]

Don't people realise, we can make hover cars, right?

Such a vehicle is possible, in fact such vehicles exist in profusion in Monkiah as well as the Monikian WA Mission. That said such a solution is not possible for all nations for various reasons. That being said, some nations who possess hover vehicle technology might choose to retain wheeled conveyance, because of ideology, tradition, religious belief, or simply out of economic reasons. Such wheeled vehicles would require these highways and autobahns, and as such a flat out ban would actively harm less advanced nations or nations who choose to use wheeled vehicles in spite of having a superior technology for whatever reason.

As such we must conclude that an outright ban on this type of infrastructure by the WA is stupid. Furthermore, individual nations are better equipped to address their infrastructure needs appropriately and as such this measure does not fall into the scope of issues worthy of this *blinks rapidly* august body.

RP Note: Monikians blink rather than cough to express displeasure, and when they have a minor viral infection (ie cold).

[Soviet Enartio]

Hover cars can be parked atop of buildings? Or... So on, We don't need autobahns or highways, its such a trouble maintaining them, just look at the decrease of deaths if we do! It will stop much trouble in our city!

[Mikedor]

Hover cars can be parked atop of buildings? Or... So on, We don't need autobahns or highways, its such a trouble maintaining them, just look at the decrease of deaths if we do! It will stop much trouble in our city!

We don't have hovercars. We have horses and carriages. Which can't be put on top of a building.

[Mesogiria]

Hover cars can be parked atop of buildings? Or... So on, We don't need autobahns or highways, its such a trouble maintaining them, just look at the decrease of deaths if we do! It will stop much trouble in our city!

You don't need them. Most of the rest of us do. If we were to destroy all our highways, millions would die of starvation because our ability to efficiently transport food would be shot.

Honestly, I just ran this past our Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, and she told me to stop bothering her with prank proposals.

[Embolalia]

I know the WA is filled with privileged ambassadors, but have none of you ever driven a car before? If you had, you'd know plenty of people have a hard time handling a car in two dimensions; what makes you think they could handle three? And thus, the reason why flying cars will not be a viable option for the masses, at least not in this timeline.

[DemocraticConfusion]

Don't people realise, we can make hover cars, right?

Nope, not in our nation as of yet. This proposal, in addition to not being formatted properly or having even the slightest apearrence of professionalism, is without sound fact for support and at its best is assinine.
-Ms. Abigail McGuire.

[Kington Langley]

I laugh at this proposal, why would you get rid of motorways? It's the vehicles that use them that cause the environmental problems, not the roads. Simply getting rid of motorways and dual-carriageways will not remove the problem.

[Soviet Enartio]

Don't people realise, we can make hover cars, right?

Nope, not in our nation as of yet. This proposal, in addition to not being formatted properly or having even the slightest apearrence of professionalism, is without sound fact for support and at its best is assinine.
-Ms. Abigail McGuire.

We can give you the technology

[Grays Harbor]

I laugh at this proposal, why would you get rid of motorways? It's the vehicles that use them that cause the environmental problems, not the roads. Simply getting rid of motorways and dual-carriageways will not remove the problem.

Surely you can't mean that! EVERYbody would immediately "go green" once the motorways are done away with! That enviro-loon flyer the smelly unkempt person put in my hands over the weekend proved it!

[Grays Harbor]

Nope, not in our nation as of yet. This proposal, in addition to not being formatted properly or having even the slightest apearrence of professionalism, is without sound fact for support and at its best is assinine.
-Ms. Abigail McGuire.

We can give you the technology

Oh, we applaud your largesse. We bow to your superior logic and now completely favour doing away with all roads. Green is Keen!

[Monikian WA Mission]

I know the WA is filled with privileged ambassadors, but have none of you ever driven a car before? If you had, you'd know plenty of people have a hard time handling a car in two dimensions; what makes you think they could handle three? And thus, the reason why flying cars will not be a viable option for the masses, at least not in this timeline.

Talik' Murzhan blinked rapidly.

"Perhaps in your nation the masses are incapable of three dimensional navigation. In our nation they are. In fact the usual age for one to get a learners permit for a personal hover conveyance is 6 years of age. That said I have no idea what a 'car' is so obviously I have not driven one personally."

He turned toward the Ambassador from Soviet Enarto.

"Despite the solutions that you or I might conceive, some nations in the WA require motorways for wheeled vehicles and as such an out right ban would be stupid. Furthermore, I think that it is more likely that it is poor operation of these wheeled vehicles rather than the infrastructure they are used upon that is the reason for fatalities in this area.

"Not to mention this is not an international issue. Let nations decide for themselves if they want motorways or not."

[Meekinos]

I know the WA is filled with privileged ambassadors, but have none of you ever driven a car before? If you had, you'd know plenty of people have a hard time handling a car in two dimensions; what makes you think they could handle three? And thus, the reason why flying cars will not be a viable option for the masses, at least not in this timeline.

We admit that it is an issue but no more than for those where people only handle vehicles in two dimensions. We've had centuries to perfect our techniques and technologies. Surely when the grounded motorized vehicle was first introduced, there were problems, much like there will be when nations move toward driving in three dimensions.

[Soviet Enartio]

Lets just get rid of atleast a part of some major highways, yes?

[Meekinos]

Lets just get rid of atleast a part of some major highways, yes?

Here's a better idea, you get rid of all your highways, turnpikes, interstates routes, freeways, dual carriage ways, parkways, autobahns, toll roads, country roads, and every other type of road you perceive as fitting the description of a major highway and we'll keep all our major highways and the like in tact as is. Your proposal won't be going anywhere; it's stuck in park and the battery's dead.

[Flibbleites]

Lets just get rid of atleast a part of some major highways, yes?

And thereby increasing the traffic congestion on those roads thereby increasing the amount of pollution released into the atmosphere. that doesn't sounds very "green" to me.

Bob Flibble
WA Representative

[DemocraticConfusion]

Lets just get rid of atleast a part of some major highways, yes?

No, no we will not. We will keep on developing highways and continue to rely on our diesel powered trains as well. Perhaps someday our nation will look into designing less-polluting means of transport, but for now the horse and the internal combustion engine will have to do.

OOC-you need to read the stickies on how to propose a proper WA proposal. This is not nearly enough, regardless of the topic. EDIT-Plus, you do not have any WA endorsements from your fellow regionmates who are in the WA, therefore you are not allowed to make a proposal.

[Great Nepal]

Assistant knocks on the Nepalese puppet nation's deglate's door as Deglate presses a switch under his table to open the door. As the assistant enters he says in quite joking manner "Auto door sir?". "No there is a goats which I have invented which can travel faster than light without stepping on anything" replied the deglate in sarcastic manner. "Well then sir you may find that goats useful for what some deglate from Soviet Enartio know as proposal." replied the assistant handing over the copy of so called proposal to the deglate who laughed as he said "Yea, may be useful but not in mood to mass produce it." then he took out lighter and burned the middle of the paper as he said "well go and give it to deglate from Soviet Enartio. He will get the message". The assistant exits via door and hands the burned paper with proposal to deglate from Soviet Enartio.