Motorists 'must pay for road use'

[DimPrawn]

Even more incentive for companies to get the work done abroad as this cost will just make the UK less competitive overall.

[wobbegong]

Well charging for road use is fair - and the more you use the system the more you should pay.

HTH

Dunno about you, Sas, but I aready pay road tax (on two cars), and I thought a slice of my "community charge" went on local highways.

The only fair way it to scrap all these disparate taxes, and put it on fuel. Simple. The more you use, the more you pay.

[The Lone Gunman]

This annoys me too.
This Govts answer is always more tax.
The motorist is already subsidising the Govt. I would quote the figures but I don't have them to hand. 50 billion income and only 14 billion spent on roads means 36 subsidy. Why isn't that money being directly spent on road and rail infrastructure.
Government consistantly tells us it cant target income to particular issues so how come it can target tax to those same issues?

Govt. target the motorist because those who travel have no choice. They can't afford to live where the work is so they commute.

A number of motoring organisations and individuals said that congestion and road charging would become just another tax on drivers. With public transport costs rising (with no improved service) it is just a game of leap frog for the traveling public.

Once again there is no wholistic view. Problems are dealt with at a macro level.

When will they see that congestion and house prices and unemployment in the regions and immigration need to be dealt with together.

Road and rail building may not be a bad thing if properly managed.
Moving away from a London centric economy will help.

[BoredBloke]

"Well charging for road use is fair - and the more you use the system the more you should pay"

Can we apply that to funding the NHS and benefits system. I'm up for that!

[Bagpuss]

Where are the tax incentives for companies who transition to home working?

Ooops no that would work wouldn't it?

[shaunbhoy]

Well charging for road use is fair - and the more you use the system the more you should pay.

HTH

That already happens, its called Fuel Duty you plank!!
This new scheme is ridiculous as it will penalise those living in rural areas who have to travel the furthest yet cause the least congestion. Almost 10 years into New Labour's 10-year Transport Plan and the best they can come up with is yet another motorist tax. Formidable!!!

[PerlOfWisdom]

I wonder if they will increase capacity on the rail network. If these schemes work, more people will use public transport and trains are already full to bursting at rush hour.

I imagine they'll just increase rail fares to counterract that and keep things fair.

[sasguru]

I would have thought the use of the word "fair" and the "HTH" would have alerted people to my ironic intent. More fool me ...

[Lucy]

It's interesting that there are complaints about 'declining quality' etc etc, but when I do post about things I know about and can back with facts, they are ignored and the reactionaries step in with their 'Daily Mail' opinions.

[Paddy]

I wonder if they will increase capacity on the rail network. If these schemes work, more people will use public transport and trains are already full to bursting at rush hour.

I imagine they'll just increase rail fares to counterract that and keep things fair.

Not possible. rail capacity is full, there is no room to put on extra trains, can’t make the trains longer because of limited platform length, can’t have double decker trains because the tunnels are too low