Plans to impose pay as you drive charges on every motorist in the country have been killed off by Lord Adonis, the new Transport Secretary. The proposals, which would have seen drivers paying up to £1.30 a mile during the rush hour, will not now be included in the next […]
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Back to the drawing board for road pricing
It looks as if it is time to pronounce the last rites for pay as you drive charging. Good. We are already taxed according to the efficiency of our cars and the distance we drive them through fuel duty. Thankfully, we may now escape being tracked wherever we go. read […]
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Another surveillance scheme, and a precursor to the Government’s road pricing proposals, dies. In practice, people don’t like to be tracked, even if it saves them money. What a surprise. read more | digg story
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