Election Year or Fear!

[SithHappens]

So, to change the subject, as Sithappens tried to a few days ago with limited success, what do y'all think about road tax being applied by distance travelled? Despite being a fairly high mileage user, I'd be all for it subject to it being possible to apply it fairly.

To quote some internet news page or other ' A public transport charity has called upon chancellor Rachel Reeves to impose a 'pay-per-mile' scheme on British drivers, days after motoring service company RAC described such a scheme as ‘the way forward’.

But what is a ‘pay-per-mile’ scheme, and how would it work in Britain?

‘Pay-per-mile’ schemes (also known as ‘road pricing’) have been discussed due to an increasing shortfall in fuel duty due to the adoption of electric vehicles. Duties levied on petrol, diesel and other fuels currently generate around £25 billion a year in revenue for the Treasury.

‘Road pricing’ or ‘pay-per-mile’ has been successfully used in countries such as Singapore for decades, and New Zealand has a system where some vehicles pay for road miles in advance in units of 1,000km, with similar systems being trialed in Europe for goods vehicles.

However, previous governments have shunned the idea of introducing such a scheme in the UK.'

Anyone?

I guess in a way it does exist as the more mileage you do the more fuel duty you pay, or equivalent on EV vehicles.

I don't know how it would be measured, would cars need some sort of meter to report on mileage completed. Or would it just be on major roads like motorways?

[Andy_Faber]

I guess in a way it does exist as the more mileage you do the more fuel duty you pay, or equivalent on EV vehicles.

I don't know how it would be measured, would cars need some sort of meter to report on mileage completed. Or would it just be on major roads like motorways?

The issue hmg have (any party) is that the move ev they push the less fuel sold so the less duty and an ev consumes (something like) the same road resources as an old banger. As someone who’s family fleet are all non-ULEZ guzzlers I’m fine paying a climate change premium but am also aware that if/when I go ev I’ll still be grinding up the highway etc

No idea what the tech solution will be, a network of ANPR cameras Mebbee?