Firstly I personally think you should be happy that businesses get e-tags. The costs are going to trickle down to the consumer, no matter how you look at it. And the bigger businesses are easier to target by SANRAL. Thus making it very hard for them to side-step payments with all this tom-foolery mentioned on other pages.
Secondly I think that more credit must be given to business and business owners. Some of the posts here give a feeling that they are only out to trick the public to pay for their e-toll accounts with increases and "hidden costs". I'm pretty sure that in most cases that will not be true. Most successful business people I know will put their customers first and will try to incur as little extra cost to them as they can.
So in agreement with JacquesM over discounts (of up to 45% if tagged), I think that business and business owners are morally obliged if not ethically compelled to get tagged so that they can make sure that all costs that do trickle down to their consumers/customers are as little as possible.
I'm sorry I dont follow your logic at all?
The only way I can agree that businesses should get etags if their management honestly think etolls are a good idea and they are happy paying those amounts.
If - like the rest of us - they think etags are morally wrong, then they should do something about that!
And I'm saying they are in a better position to do something than us individuals!
As citizens of the country they have the moral obligation, just like the rest of us, to hold the government accountable for its actions. And not just hide behind excuses saying profit comes first and maybe their profits will suffer if they stand up and speak out.
I wasnt at all implying they are trying to make money out of etolls - but I am insisting they should speak out and do what they can to oppose the system!
Getting etagged just to get the discount is like paying a smaller bribe than your competitor and thinking thats somehow virtuous IMO.
Why not just refuse to pay and tell the government loudly and publically why you wont?