Today on MSN there's a thread on the reduced popularity of 4X4 and large engined cars.
Our own chancellor has introduced higher taxation on these to try to save the ozone.
To me the easiest and most effective way of reducing un-necessary vehicle usage would of been to scrap conjestion charging and road tax, and then put 0.4p on fuel duty. Which would be more than enough to pay back your current road tax of a 2 litre car doing 35Mpg and an average 15K per annum.
That way all those who want to drive their 4Mpg Hummers round or their 4 Litre jags would pay proportionately more than the average 50Mpg Astra driver. Also we would have the "pay as you go" travel system we see talked about these days.
Sure this would affect us caravanners too, but if you are towing with the most economic vehicle available then you are again being cost affective on the roads.
Placing the revenue collection in the fuel would also weed out all the road tax dodgers we have today and that would bring extra un-accounted revinue into the system. As everyone would have to purchase fuel to drive. Mind you I'd recomend that transport firms don't fuel lorries the night before and we all have armour plated fuel tanks to stop the syphon brigade.
Oh of coarse there is LPG but I'm sure very soon that will be taxed out of the economic alternative range of the motorist's once Gordy has found a way of hiking the tax without causeing a "Green" revolt.
This will be an interesting debate I'm sure and before anyone jumps to conclussions, I'm not jibeing at any particular sector of the vehicle world. I'm just looking at getting a fairer taxation system os that those who do the most damage / pollution to our roads and environment pay their repair contribution.
Why should the retired comany exec doing 5K miles a year pay the same as a 30K mile a year jack the lad in his XK8, or even the supposed poor farmer get away with running red diesel through the family car.
Your thoughts.
Steve.
Our own chancellor has introduced higher taxation on these to try to save the ozone.
To me the easiest and most effective way of reducing un-necessary vehicle usage would of been to scrap conjestion charging and road tax, and then put 0.4p on fuel duty. Which would be more than enough to pay back your current road tax of a 2 litre car doing 35Mpg and an average 15K per annum.
That way all those who want to drive their 4Mpg Hummers round or their 4 Litre jags would pay proportionately more than the average 50Mpg Astra driver. Also we would have the "pay as you go" travel system we see talked about these days.
Sure this would affect us caravanners too, but if you are towing with the most economic vehicle available then you are again being cost affective on the roads.
Placing the revenue collection in the fuel would also weed out all the road tax dodgers we have today and that would bring extra un-accounted revinue into the system. As everyone would have to purchase fuel to drive. Mind you I'd recomend that transport firms don't fuel lorries the night before and we all have armour plated fuel tanks to stop the syphon brigade.
Oh of coarse there is LPG but I'm sure very soon that will be taxed out of the economic alternative range of the motorist's once Gordy has found a way of hiking the tax without causeing a "Green" revolt.
This will be an interesting debate I'm sure and before anyone jumps to conclussions, I'm not jibeing at any particular sector of the vehicle world. I'm just looking at getting a fairer taxation system os that those who do the most damage / pollution to our roads and environment pay their repair contribution.
Why should the retired comany exec doing 5K miles a year pay the same as a 30K mile a year jack the lad in his XK8, or even the supposed poor farmer get away with running red diesel through the family car.
Your thoughts.
Steve.
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