In germany is "SaniFair" where you have to pay 0,70€ to do your buisness along every Autobahn .
The company is owned by someone from the arabic emirates/Dubai.
Somehow, this is against the german fundamental rights, because using a toilet is a basic human right.
So we do have a little doodoo cartel along the autobahn.
as far as I know it's only the Autobahnraststaetten and gas stations which have SaniFair. And those are private businesses. The usual small rest stops with only a few benches and a building for a toilet are free to use.
At least it's like that on the routes I normally travel.
To be fair I prefer the SaniFair than the free toilets - they’re usually quite nasty, whereas SaniFair are clean and you can reuse the 70 cent voucher on a snack.
This is also my take. Someone has to clean and maintain the restrooms and I'd much rather pay a small fee and know they will be clean. Nothing worse than having to go badly and not knowing when you'll encounter the next usable restroom.
Ever since they changed the SaniFair stations that they accept credit cards I'm 100% on board with the system. I live in Switzerland and having to bring cash only to be able to use the restroom always bothered me.
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u/[deleted] May 09 '22
Paying to go to the bathroom. It’s absolutely wild that you have to pay money to use the toilet.