Quote Originally Posted by Andy_Faber View Post
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?
For me it depends what the goal is. Is it to raise money or encourage us to be greener.

Public transport doesn't seem to be a reliable or cost effective solution for most, its a while since I regularly traveled on trains for work but it was costly back then. Even now if we go to London for a weekend it's considerably cheaper to drive to luton and get the train from there than go from Derby.

At this point in my life it wouldn't make much difference, my annual mileage is circa 2000 and that's at a push, of course that could change but I hope not.

Whatever they do that increases the cost of travel is likely to be inflationary as there will be knock on costs, if my wife's haulage business have to raise costs then so do their customers and ultimately it's passed on to the likes of Joe bloggs.