Drivers in Albanian Town Give Red Light to Tax
<i> Reuters</i>
TIRANA, Albania —
Drivers in Shkoder in northern Albania are refusing to pay a 2,000-lek ($21) annual traffic-light tax because their city has no traffic lights.
“It is absurd to pay a tax for traffic lights when we only occasionally see a policeman,” one driver told the Gazeta Shqiptare.
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