As concepts go, I just love this one…
Motorists are being warned they may face "pay as you drive" road taxes as ministers launch the first ever trials of a scheme that could see them charged for every mile they drive. The Telegraph can disclose that the Government is pushing ahead with plans for a national road-pricing scheme, including testing "spy in the sky" technology.
Eight areas of the country have been selected by ministers for secret pay-per-mile trials which will begin in 2010 and are expected to pave the way for tolls on motorways.Motorists face paying up to £1.30 a mile during peak periods on the busiest roads.
Really this should come as no surprise, given that since the end of WWII, once Great Britain has steadily & inextricably slid towards being a socialist command economy. However regular readers might be surprised to find that this is one government proposal that I heartily support.
Through dint of luck rather than hard work or judgement, I am in a position to be able to afford to “pay as I drive” & these proposals wont affect where or when I drive either of my ecosystem destroying 4x4s. It will however impact the less economically fortunate & that’s no bad thing.
One of the major factors in modern road conjestion is all of those poor people in their old slow cars getting in the my way. Therefore I am delighted that they will be taxed off the road. Indeed, my traditionalist tendencies can only appluad the fact that the lower social classes will be consigned to living their lives with walking distance of their place of birth. Nothing like going back to the old days. This will leave the roads free for those of us with money (i.e. in the finest traditons of Nu Labour) to drive where we please & when we please with getting stuck behind some old jelopy.
Taking this reasoning to its logical conclusion, so now we are to discriminate against the poor in a manner which even the most Dickensian government could have dreamed of, who is next? My vote is that the Roman Catholics should be in the governments sights. After all, having all of those resources consuming children mustn’t be allowed in our Brave New Britain.
Comments
i do not agree with this tax unless it replaced the road tax and paid for the roads to be repaired, but sadly i fear that this will only go to the treasury to give incompetent mps/civil servants bonuses
Posted by: anonymous | August 18, 2008 4:07 PM
Don't be too surprised if Nulabour use the system to ration road usage for us all...expect special exemptions for nulabour workers,beeboids and Mo's mighty warriors.
Posted by: thud | August 18, 2008 5:18 PM
This might work if public transport in this country was excellent. However, as we all know, it is not! I'll be damned if I am getting on that horror that is public transport to get to work 4 times slower than it takes me to drive.
Posted by: Azubi | August 20, 2008 6:29 PM