| 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: GraculusGraculus Date: Sep 5, 2008 00:53
> 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.
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> Well it is not just a government report but this too:
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> "'This opens the way for a postcode lottery of road-pricing charges.'
> said Hilton Holloway, associate editor of Autocar."
What do you mean, "this too"? It's just a comment on the SAME report - no
new information. If you bothered to read some of the press on this, you'll
see it's not so sinister (apart from the whole road pricing concept in the
first place), and the scares put out have no basis.
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