| Re: Motorists from rich areas could be charged more for road tolls in new 'pay-as-you-drive' postcode lottery |
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Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: DougDoug Date: Sep 4, 2008 23:20
On 4 Sep, 10:53, "Graculus" hotmail.co.uk>
wrote:> "Doug" riseup.net> wrote in message
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> news:a799ab43-e20e-49d5-b8c2-c287c365b80a@p10g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> This would effectively deal with the oft repeated criticism on this
> newsgroup, by the motorists who dominate it, of legislation which
> penalises the poor. So, someone with an old banger from a poor
> neighbourhood would pay less than your rich, proud 4x4/SUV/Chelsea
> tractor user, which seems fair enough.
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> "Motorists face a postcode lottery under Government plans to introduce
> road tolls.
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> Car owners from wealthier districts could find themselves paying more
> than those from poorer areas.
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> As if the whole road-pricing thing weren't hard enough in terms of the
> practicalities of it all, this adds a whole new layer of complexity, and so
> will never work. How about all those fleet cars registered to addresses
> other than where they're actually used? And that's just for starters.
>There is bound to be a few anomalies but if it works for a majority of
motorists then that is OK surely?
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> Anyway, as it comes from the Wail, I am sure it's grossly misrepresenting
> what the report actually says, and it's probably not true at all.
Well it is not just a government report but this too:
"'This opens the way for a postcode lottery of road-pricing charges.'
said Hilton Holloway, associate editor of Autocar."
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