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You and Your Car - Paying for road use by the mile!!!!

matty_c608
matty_c608 Posts: 910 Forumite
Duno if this has been posted elsewhere already, but have you all heard about this?! They may start charging up to £1.43 per mile traveled on the busiest roads and/or Motorways!? What a joke!

Here's the story:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4611483.stm

What do you all think about it. They will be stopping/lowering (I think) Road Tax and Petrol Tax, but will it help you save in the long run?!

Comments

  • Xbigman
    Xbigman Posts: 3,918 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    The basic concept is to make road travel dearer to get people to stop using their cars. This has never worked and no matter how sophisticated or 'use targeted' you make it, it will never work.
    If you want to stop road use you need a decent public transport system, something we don't even have a shadow of.
    Regards



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  • aliasojo
    aliasojo Posts: 23,053 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    This is being also being discussed in Discussions. Great minds and all that......

    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=60699
    Herman - MP for all! :)
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