Be afraid! Yet another motoring tax

[cjn]

A goverment think tank (now where are my tankbuster missiles when I need them?) has suggested charging motorists 16p per mile for driving on rural roads & 32p a mile for driving on urban roads by using the latest satellite technology.
In return they may abolish road tax.
Doing the maths, this means that instead of being able to drive unlimited mile for my £160 road tax, I'll be able to drive 1000miles per year in the countryside or 500miles into town.
The last suggesting from this think tank resulted in part of the national railway being bought back by the government withion 2 weeks of its publication.
(source: The Metro)

[pdV6]

Kill 'em all

[mondeoman]

Cloned cars anyone???

[shadowninja]

At what point do we tell whichever body makes such decisions 'fvck off!'?

Or do we just put up with it? Who makes up these Twat Tanks then? Just lentil eating treehuggers? Government accountants? Whoever is responsible for managing Labour's christmas party fund?

[Don]

The practicality of fitting GPS technology to cars and ensuring it worked (wrap the antennae in tinfoil and there's and end to it...) will make implementing anything like this impossible.

I believe it MUCH more likely that we will see Kengenstion charging in more and more urban areas as cities leap on the bandwagon to increase revenues.

They will do it, of course, only if Ken's charge is a success.

Oh. Oh dear - its a foregone conclusion then...as Ken's charge will be hailed as a success no matter what the real outcome is...

[DennisTheMenace]

They wont be putting any crap on my bike , W@nkers , so when do they start the curfew and lights out , this place is becoming a prison

[xsaravtr]

Don said:

The practicality of fitting GPS technology to cars and ensuring it worked (wrap the antennae in tinfoil and there's and end to it...) will make implementing anything like this impossible.

Maybe they will make it so the car doesn't start if the GPS doesn't get a signal.

[Fatboy]

xsaravtr said:

Don said: The practicality of fitting GPS technology to cars and ensuring it worked (wrap the antennae in tinfoil and there's and end to it...) will make implementing anything like this impossible. Maybe they will make it so the car doesn't start if the GPS doesn't get a signal.

Easily circumvented.

[John_S4x4]

But what happens if your mileage is checked at the MOT garage and entered electronically and this is then cross referenced against your GPS mileage ?
Heaven forbid !! I think another fax to my MP is in order, if the goverment listens to this.
Regards John

[cjn]

If you realise what a state the DVLA is in, this being the reason that the recording of mileage on the V5s is optional & the police have such a hard time, then putting GPS in each vehicle will be a challenge.

What about the mileage correction companies? I might start one up & start printing money!