soulcrew

privatised roads wont work in the uk.we are too small.all that can be done is improve what we have and make public transport a choice we want to use.

look at the severn crossing nearly £7..total piss take.

Ultra_Nexus

Yerp, and it'll only go up with petrol prices!

But there isn't a need for road tax any more.

As has been said, stick the price on fuel and reap the rewards of less admin and taxation of foreign drivers.

The thing is, the Government will have done their sums and it'll show that this will net them less money.

Eventually, as people switch to the zero road tax vehicles, they will do that.

soulcrew

they did put the duty up on petrol as a co2 tax.then put car tax up.

chilled

as someone who comes from the countryside (now a city slicker mind) a pay per use scheme disproportionately affects people in the countryside. So unless it's very complex and takes into account needs users, it's going to be an awful thing.

It'll also put paid to trips like today where I drove from Leeds to the highlands, just because. It'll drive people abroad for holidays, just as people are starting to holiday in the UK a bit more.

Al_G

Car tax is a massive joke! I do around 5k a year in my s2000 and will pay £460 this year to tax it. Next door neighbour does 20k a year in his diesel and pays a 3rd of what I do...

Go figure....

mattg4321

No they won't they will just move the goalposts so those vehicles pay.