If you happen to live outside of Germany, you may soon find yourself paying a toll to do your best Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise impressions on the Autobahn.
The reason? While residents living in the nine countries surrounding Germany make extensive use of the Autobahn in their travels, the Germans are left footing the bill for maintenance on the famous infrastructure. Since foreigners don't pay taxes to Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition government has opted to enact a toll aimed at non-German citizens in order to share responsibilities.
The plan has detractors, of course, ranging from Austria's transport minister Dores Bures threatening to take Germany to the European Court of Justice over the toll, to German auto club ADAC stating that even the potential revenue wouldn't be enough to cover all the Autobahn's maintenance costs.
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