vignettes

In accordance with the amendment of the Public Roads Act, approved by the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia end of April this year, use of vignettes is obligatory for all vehicles with the permissible maximum weight of 3,500 kg (the current first and second toll-rate category) on motorways and expressways in the Republic of Slovenia as of 1 July 2008. The toll-collection system with vignettes is being introduced with the aim of improving traffic flow and reducing emissions to the environment.
I'm gonna touch this issue... coz frankly it bothers me...well ok, I live in Slovenia and I'll pay for it, but what about all those tourists and transit passengers who are just passing out little country for a day not even for a day... it's seems unfair that they have to pay the same amount as we do for a half a year... and yes, I've heard the arguments for it, coz they just drive by and they don't mind who's paying for the roads and all...but hey..if you just take Austria for example, how the hell do they find the money for all their roads and all, with the amount of travelers they have? and still they manage to have weekly vignettes and all ;)
but ok, that's what we're up against now... at least this way the transit travelers will get to see some parts of our country they haven't seen before just rushing through our little state...maybe that's what those who made only half a year and yearly vignettes had in mind...to show a passer-by little beauties of this little piece of the world... ;)