RAC Foundation suggests PAYD inevitable

[streaky]

Sky News Mobile said:

If it is brought in and what's the betting it'll be on a PFI, so as to be off-the-books?) the cost of road tax and fuel might fall - as a sop - but for only a couple of years at best.

The civil liberties groups will scream, and the storage of ANPR data will seen trivial. But, in the end, the politicos will triumph.

If it's policed by camera, what's the betting there'll be an average speed element too on motorways and major roads? And massive jams on minor, uncharged roads.

Streaky

[Rofly Lollers]

streaky said:

And massive jams on minor, uncharged roads.

Streaky

...which will then be branded as "rat runs" by leftist media.

[Mill Wheel]

I already pay as I drive - it's called fuel duty - and VAT on fuel duty - so why the additional expense of technology to measure how far we have driven?

Already the most polluting vehicles pay more!

[Kevin VRs]

Not forgetting we already pay road fund licence as well.

[vonhosen]

Kevin VRs said:

Not forgetting we already pay road fund licence as well.

Nobody has paid road fund licence for many many years.

[The real Apache]

If they thought speed cams were prone to a bit of, er, direct action.......they are in for a big surprise. I'm quite laid back but this might motivate me a little more than usual

[KaraK]

To be fair the gov't has said they don't have any intention to put it in place on existing roads but that they might consider building more toll routes in the future, can't find the page where I saw that but this supports it:

bbc said:

But Transport Secretary Philip Hammond refuses to back the scheme in the current Parliament, which could run until 2015

[The real Apache]

I tend to agree, the backlash would be pretty big. The thing that does concern me is the miles of purple ducting going in down arterial routes nowadays, I know they are supposed to be for driver information signs but......