How fortunate u r ?

read this from Business Line
Across the globe...

London
* Price of petrol: Rs 64 per litre.
* Price of diesel: Rs 62 per litre.
* Typical annual tax: Rs 14,400.
* Entry into central London: Rs 400 per day.
* Parking charges per-hour: Rs 160-480.
Singapore
* One-time registration fee: 150 per cent of the car value.
* Licence fees: 20 per cent of the car value.
* Annual tax: Rs 30,000-75,000 based on engine size
* Parking charges per-hour: Rs 30-90.
* Tolls for using expressways: ** Collects more than Rs 2,500 crore from under 5 lakh cars (Rs 2.5 lakh per car).
* Average car and bus speeds: 40 kmph and 30 kmph (2.5 times of Mumbai).
New York
* One of the lowest rate of car ownership in the US due to excellent public transportation and very high cost of parking.
* Parking charges per-hour: Rs 200-1,200.
* Night parking costs per month: Rs 20,000.
* Annual parking fine collection: $300 million (Rs 1,320 crore) against only Rs 15 crore in Mumbai.
Shanghai
* Average one-time registration fee: $4,600 (varies with engine capacity).
Courtesy: Ashok Datar (Collated from government Web sites, traffic officials and newspaper reports during 2004-2005).