Major threat to routes in England
IN 2007, the Government backed down after 1.8 million people signed a petition against road pricing. Wary of that, the newly-elected coalition government promised not to bring in road pricing (other than for lorries) or even prepare for it.
Although the Government would consider levying tolls on totally new roads like motorways, we were assured that our existing roads would not be tolled.
There is now the threat of major routes in England effectively being sold off, and the public being charged to use existing roads. The government has quietly started engaging with local authorities with a view to softening up public opinion.
The driving public has paid something like £500 billion into the roads since 1997, with only a fraction spent back. To charge us even more for driving on inadequate roads would be adding insult to injury.
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The government should get its priorities right instead of reaching into our pockets. I encourage readers to write to their MP c/o House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA to say "Can't pay, won't pay".
Brian Gregory, chairman
Association of British Drivers
Comments
by Sueps1
Tuesday, October 09 2012, 1:42PM
“A Mushroom, what about those of us who can only afford to spend a few hundred quid on a "new" car when the old one finally claps out and who live in the country with no viable public transport system? How are we supposed to get around if it gets even more expensive?
Or do you think that road pricing would somehow only apply to those who can afford brand new cars?”
by mcupis
Saturday, October 06 2012, 9:57AM
“Because that is the grand plan of left wing politics. Tax everybody until they are equally destitute.”
by A_Mushroom
Friday, October 05 2012, 12:51PM
“I think it's more a case of can pay, do pay, moan about paying. Nobody likes taxes but someone has to pay them.
Any government is going to look at who has the most money and look at ways of making them contribute more. There is little connection in the UK between taxes raised from motorists and benefits received by motorists in terms of the road network.
So when I look around at who is able to spend upwards of £10,000 on buying a car, hundreds and possibly thousands of pounds insuring it and paying vehicle exise duty, petrol at ever increasing prices - then I see the people who are best able to bear more of the tax burden. None of them appears to be destitute.”