Distance Tax

Distance Tax - Update

As engines become more fuel efficient, the tax revenue from fuel sales will decrease as less will be used (up), especially since we are all being urged to use less. The new mode of taxation has to be through distance travelled and not the volume of petrol consumed. It's a damage limitation exercise.

Whether you drive an SUV (Sport Utility Vehicle), a Chelsea Tractor, or a very small engined car, the petrol you use would be vastly different. So, it is a tax on using your car. If you have a small car then you will pay the same to go the same distance as a BIG gas guzzler, regardless of the cost of your fuel. The bigger the engine then you pay even more.

The congestion charge in London has always been the pilot scheme before it is rolled out nationally. It's transparent government being very transparent.

This is being moved into the public debating arena now. I suggest that noises about a minimum of 5 years away for charging to use the roads is a touch unrealistic. More like two years (maximum). Maybe one year. Maybe less. Wait for Blair to go so it will NOT be Blair's fault, of course.

If Cameron and the Tories 'get in' do you imagine it will all be forgotten? What has been started will be finished.

Government Labels don't matter. Never have done.

That's how it works.