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"You have to get up and drive to fill up quickly"

2022-06-01T18:02:41.199Z


Relief came into effect today: 9-euro ticket and tank discount. How is that for people who live in the countryside? A survey at the gas station in Rehfelde, Brandenburg.


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The day that many have been waiting for: Finally, fuel prices are supposed to fall again.

The reason for this is the so-called tank discount, which the federal government has decided on.

It is primarily intended to relieve people who depend on their car.

For example in Rehfelde, a small community in Brandenburg.

Here, many people are dependent on the car due to the poor connection.

Will the easing get there?

Survey:


I am a commuter and have a commute of 40 kilometers each way.

This is of course clearly noticeable.

My tank is empty.

Yesterday evening I would have filled up for €2.20 in Berlin on the way home.

Now for 1,859.

So as a shift worker you have to get up and drive quickly to fill up.

At least you can tell.

I drove by last night and was wondering if I should fill up.

But then it occurred to me that the savings will apply from tomorrow.

And since we want to go to the Baltic Sea right now, I thought I'd fill up right now.

Yesterday to today yes, it is passed on immediately.

Glad it's a little cheaper now.

Ultimately, I don't think it's a good idea at all to distribute tax money like this with a watering can.

For every SUV driver and for people like me who can actually pay for it.

I would have liked it if the money would have been available to the socially disadvantaged.

Bus and train travel is also cheaper as of today.

Anyone can buy a 9 euro ticket for local transport and use it to travel throughout Germany.

But that is not the case for everyone.

Survey:


Absolutely no alternative.

As I said, I'm a shift worker and here in the country a train runs until twelve in the evening and since I don't finish work until then in Berlin, I can't even get here.

And unfortunately the car doesn't make up for the time it takes to drive in public either.

And for me, the safety aspect is also important.

As a woman at night, I don't want to change trains at three stations in Berlin.

The 9 euro ticket?

I think that's a good thing, because I think people who are a little tight on cash benefit from it anyway.

And it's also a step in the right direction to motivate people to simply take more buses and trains and stop using their cars.

First and foremost, I depend on the car, but I would definitely buy one because it's extremely cheap.

If you want to get into Berlin, you can use the regional trains, the S-Bahn and the U-Bahn.

In any case.

Definitely not.

So I have to go to daycare, back to work, there are no connections for the 9-euro ticket.

And if so, then I would be on the road an hour and a half longer, where I would otherwise need half an hour.

And then it doesn't work.

In any case, the 9-euro ticket and the tank discount are only temporary relief.

They are only valid for three months.

Source: spiegel

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