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If you privatized the roads, the smart roadway developer would make his road more safe with guardrails, protective devices, lighting, etc. and be able to charge more for the comfort so provided to his customers.

This is a case where the free market would probably step up and do just fine.

If you have a choice of going to Destination X via a dangerous, risky road that's in poor repair or paying a little more to go via a well-engineered, statistically safe and comfortable thoroughfare, guess which one people will use?

Amazing thing that free market. Too bad the government keeps trying to screw it up and override it.
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