| Government and pay as you drive
Does the government not look at the implications of trying to get this working?
If all of the expensive/most common roads are getting a hefty toll then all that is going to happen is that all that traffic will be forced onto less costly roads
The cost to implement this will undoubtedly be passed onto us not only on a per mile basis, but for the hardware and investment in the first place, then implementing getting the money from us, what happens if we don't pay? more cost to recover this I am guessing?
But the other affects could be to businesses, imagine going to a meeting, or having to work in an office several hundred miles away for the day, so 400 mile round trip @ £1.30 per motorway mile, so that could be a maximum of £520 for a day, that would I assume be paid for by the company... what happens if you're self employed?
What's going to happen to all of the haulage/courier companies? Can you imagine the cost increases? what happens if you hire a van/car? How does the company you hired it from charge per mile? What happens if you've got a bike in the back of a van? would you get charged twice?
Plus there would be the whole big brother side to this, speeding would be a thing of the past as ever vehicle would be tracked, and the government could go as far as to assume in most cases that car A, reg xxxxxxx is registered to Mr X so they could know pretty much where you are 24/7
Obviously if and when this would be introduced there would be a number of companies who can disable this tracking for a considerable fee I'm sure.
Wouldn't it just be better to scrap road tax and add more duty to fuel? the more you use the more you pay, simple solution you pay as and when you need it, although this doesn't directly reduce congestion on certain roads, just makes it more expensive across the board  | 
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