"Literally all actual experts on the matter say that it works." "Yeah, but I don't like the sound of it, so it's not gonna happen." Summarizes all of politics very well

The big difference between the US and the Netherlands is that there are plenty of viable alternatives to driving. This is why these politicians struggle to find good arguments against a mileage tax

As a dutchie i think the reason why they don't want 'vroempoen' is quite simple. Over 90% of all traffic jams are in the 'randstad' area. Where also most of the big politicians are. And guess who doesn't want to pay for the troubles they cause themselves? ;)

bit of context on the Maarten vd Weijden joke at 2:10 - Maarten is a professional Dutch long distance swimmer who survived leukemia and raises money for research. He attempted to swim the 11city tour (~200km traditional skating event in Friesland), but had to give up quite early. He did manage to complete the course as a triathlon later. Overall absolute legend

The toucan was a puppet called Sir Geoffrey who was “played” by a puppeteer called Aad Peters. As Sir Geoffrey he interviewed several people in the nineties. It was easier for him to ask cheeky questions with a puppet as a kind of shield. He had a few other characters like a bull called Bulletje in the Mini Playbackshow.

Geez that is some beautiful cat you have. Love his/her colors 🙂

We are already paying money by distance driven for years. There is a high tax on every liter of fuel. With the electric cars becoming a thing this is changing. There will have to come a system to collect the money for the maintenance of the roads at least. I think it's fair if the ones using it the most, pay the most. With a bit of luck the VVD will not be in the next government and we will see what that will bring.

Really fun video man! keep doing these, if you want I prob have some recommendations! Thank you!

You should watch "avondshow met lubach" its the exact same show, but other name, and every day of the week. That means more videos to react to, and being new. So all news is relevant:) Its also mire fun to watch ur reaction to the current situation in the netherlands

My respect to understand Dutch humor... So difficult if you are not Dutch...

It is a funny video. But there is some context needed. First of all, new cars are hit with a large sum of taxes. The biggest one is BPM, that was found illegal, it now is converted to a co2 tax. The more co2 the car emits per kilometer, the more tax is put on. For instance, a Ford mustang GT in the US is about 50k $. In Germany about 50-60k €, but here the same cost is 120k €. That is 60-70k € just in taxes! Second reason: Petrol is extremely expensive here. Atm 2,27€ per liter or about 9,62$ per gallon. Next ot that, we have a tax for owning a car. That goes on weight and type of fuel. For an average petrol car that weighs 1500 kilo or 3300 pounds is also about 900€ per year. Rekeningrijden would only take away that last tax. So you don't pay for owning a car, but would pay for use. The lowest price per km Voor Rekeningrijden that I found was something like 5 cents per km. Taking that 900€, you would pay more if you drive more than 4500 km per year met Rekeningrijden. People who drive in the west to and from work, will do that in 3 months or less. So Rekeningrijden will be a lot more expensive for most drivers who have no alternative to get to work. Moving closer to work is not an option, because houses are very expensive. Public transport is much more expensive and most of the time will take a lot longer even with the traffic jams taking in consideration. Also there is a genuine concern for privacy if the government can track your movement by car. Also the system to make it work, would cost 300-400 million a year just to operate. That needs to be recuperated. Cars have been a milking cow for the government for decades. Rekeningrijden will only make it more expensive for the common commuter. That is also the reason most people here are adamant against it.

I am really fast on my pedelac today. From Den Bosch to Eindhoven i am faster by bike then by car or train.

I would happily pay some vroempoen to save myself the nightmare of traffic jams.

better and cheap public transportation is the key , i dont think a tax would actual work but the money raised could be used for better public transport

They want us out of the vehicles and into the train system to commute from home to work, but the national railwaysystem also wants to insert a "spitsheffing" on the times that everyone has to travel to home/work. Pushing people back into their cars. And if you still go with the train you have no seat cause the train is not long enough to accomodate this many people and there is not enough of them riding in intervals so you can't say I can wait for the next one....

I believe why they don’t want to do this is a little bit like America. It sounds stupid but a lot of people think short-term. They see oh we now have to pay MORE taxes we have to pay extra money to drive. People don’t like that idea even though it benefits them in the long run. For example our health care is with everything calculated actually so much cheaper and affordable for everyone than the US. Yet for Americans for example I believe they have the idea that you “pay more taxes” even though if you go to the doctor with health care etc considered you actually pay less on the long run but it’s a hard concept to understand and many people don’t like discussing about ‘paying more’. And for politicians this is especially important, because it’s in the interest of their popularity and support that they chase their agenda while also pleasing the people. If you know the majority of your supporters really dislikes ‘mileage tax’ than they will conform to that idea just to not lose supporters.

The ones paying the "vroempoen" will be the workers .. the people living in homes outside the cities because it is more affordable, but factory is in the city, because name gives credit and knowledge of where situated... the workers are the ones who are punished for going to work... in small villages busses WON'T drive, because: too small, the workers do live there because homes are affordable... rekeningrijden is WEER de arbijder naaien

so funny that you can watch an english youtube but in the mean time you can watch the video in dutch without reading the subtitles :p

Hahaha the cat wants attention from you 😂 just like mine 🐱 😻 And yep there is not a real solution

Hi, I love your channel. Do you know Season 2023 of "De beste zangers" has already started for about 3 weeks ? I hope we also may enjoy your journey of "De beste zangers" this year 😊. Greetings from The Netherlands 👋🇳🇱

It has been proven that it works. Short time measures are never a sollution. The VVD has been the biggest Party here for 13 years so nothing happened during thier reign. Everything just got worse.

all who are beyond the 90`s born ...... you do not know t8he "tucan" , or a childrens show mascotte on a nationwide tv station , i thought it was the "mini playback show ! " ? or something like that ..... the other one i know is "bulletje" the bull ! jeeeezz and i am 50 .............. mannnnnnn , i feel soooooooo old now ! who knows nowadays still about "swiebertje" ? i had the reruns !

Fi allythis year it is going to happen. Rekening g rijden is a fact.

Thats whare i live by knoppunt hoevelaken

Before we go standall behind this , there is said it wil be chaeper then road taxes which is not true... at the suggested 8 ct pkm it wil become alsmost impossible to use your car when you have a lower income. It wil be not 30 euro's but 130 euros a month. Also i can go in 30 min to my work by car. With public transportation it wil take me 2 hours and 45 min... no body wants that.

Are there people watching who are not dutch?

It seems like you accidentally uploaded in 360p only

there is another way allow people of certain age and with a car driving license of 10years+ to drive a motorcycle 250cc less cars more space less traffic jams

What they forget is that 9 out of 10 traffic jams happen because some dipshits who can't drive. Trying to pass as many cars so they are "faster" on a zipper lane(?) and have to push their car on the other lane at the last moment, making that full lane brake for them, causing more and more jams. If people would just take their time and slow down a little. Everyone could just change lanes one by one and keep a slower speed. But they must pass another 1 or 2 cars making everyone having to brake again.

This doesnt help cause me having to pay doesnt make my boss let me get to work any later only thing it does is have me have even less money and make them richer

Luckily I don't have that problem. I've been going for over 25 years. Enjoy cycling to work. 3.2 km and if it rains heavily in the morning I go by car. 3.7 km to the same address, same employer. You can also live close to your work?

Im against "rekening rijden/being charged per kilometer/mile, driving cars in The Netherlands is already ridiculious expensive due to the existing taxation on cars.

Do you not understand it's just kind of comedy .ore is this just DUTCH ,the making fun of almost everything . LOL 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Arjen always seems to make a sad subject funny. Notice how slow Dutch politics work. This subject is decades old. Still no decision made. To me its a rip off, because fuel taxes are already raised multiple times to reduce car use and it didn't help not even a bit.

Best solution against traffic jams is more people driving a motorcycle 🏍🏍🏍. They take les space on the road and if you ever run into a traffic jam you just pass between cars.

Doesn't work in english. Untranslatable, this humor.

Lubach is not helping, it actualy going to make things worse by move away from what has always been very important in our tiny country, our spatial planning and how it been changed over the decades, we have a ministry devote to work things out , where and what can be built or developed, you will never get the whole picture from traffic experts, those guys are only 1 discipline involved in all urban/spatial planning process. But who cares anyway.