22nd February 2007, 01:47 PM
Posted by Eggbasket:
You won't be surprised to hear that I disagree with you on the quote above. Road pricing effectively penalises us for how much you use the roads, and can be targeted at particularly congested areas. Fuel tax penalises those who choose big gas guzzlers as distinct from those who choose more efficient cars. Both things should in principle affect overall fuel consumption and therefore air pollution, but only the road pricing will directly address congestion. The two things therefore complement each other.
1man1desk
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Quote:quote:That aside, we already have road pricing. It is called fuel tax. We pay for every journey we make according to the duration of the journey and the fuel efficiency of our cars so people in Chelsea tractors pay more than those in Smart Cars. If they are going to charge us for travelling then they must remove fuel tax completely and implement a system that charges according to the time of day you travel at and which roads you travel on instead, not as well asAha, Eggman, nice to hear from you again, hope it's all going well where you are now.
You won't be surprised to hear that I disagree with you on the quote above. Road pricing effectively penalises us for how much you use the roads, and can be targeted at particularly congested areas. Fuel tax penalises those who choose big gas guzzlers as distinct from those who choose more efficient cars. Both things should in principle affect overall fuel consumption and therefore air pollution, but only the road pricing will directly address congestion. The two things therefore complement each other.
1man1desk
to let, fully furnished