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| Originally Posted by JPM I haven't got a problem with this, if they scrap road tax and simply add a few pence to the price of a gallon of fuel, you simply pay for the fuel you use which in 99.9% of cases will be on the roads, plus this also has a green affect that people with gas guzzlers will take more of a hit than someone driving a 1 litre Micra |
I agree with that 100% if the do abolish road tax.....but i can see "them" gradually scaling road tax back in or back up to its orginal cost after a few months or years...adding the cost to the fuel has to be the easiest and fairest way to acheive the increase in revenue thay so obviously desire.
However i think if they charge per mile...surely it will almost destroy the tourism industry ! and the biking scene...!
Pay for your car to drive to work
Pay for your car on the weekends
Pay for your bike if used week nights and weekends in the summer.!
The Public transport infrastucture simply does not exist for the majority of us to dump our cars for the work commute..!
Can you imagine the rise in suburbia and city living cost, as those that dont want or cant afford to pay per mile to travel to work move back to the burbs and city.?...all those that have to move out of the citys to afford a house will now have to pay more to travel to work.?
Would you as a tourist travel in a country where you payed per mile to travel.!?
i simply cant see how the ordinary joe public could afford 2 cars and the social side of biking.?.......
It could spell the end of social biking as we know it...when the BHC lads do a run its 200 miles plus....at the mooted 12p of peak thats 32 quid.?..plus fuel....thats almost 60 quid for a 200 mile ride out..???
Forget raid the lakes ..LOL..or tpt to race weekends....
madness