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I think it's a good idea, if the fuel prices and road tax are lowered, it's just a different way of paying per mile and would probably allow people to driver bigger engined cars for the same cost overall. Hence why it's probably not going to happen that way.

What is for sure is that people are making money out of toll roads, where money is to be made you'll have private investment, which the government likes as it's not thier cash they're ploughing in.

I don't like bigging up the French (who does?), but they have a good road system, it's truly a pleasure to drive on French roads open fast cross country roads. Alas britain is just too crowded, open roads are a thing of the past. (unless you drive at 3am)

So I'm saying it's a good thing, pay a little extra get to where you want quicker.

It's a stupid idea & there's 4 very good reasons why:

THE COST - their "spy in the sky" scheme would cost £60 Billion to install - where is that money going to come from? Yes the motorist.

PRIVACY - Do you want every official and their dogs to know exactly where you are every minute of the day? I certainly don't - it's no-ones business except mine.

WHO IT AFFECTS - It's meant to reduce congestion? The ONLY way that can work is to price people off the roads - that means the cost has to be so extreme that it makes you think twice, or spend 3 times as long waiting for busses. It will effectively price the poor off the road (and out of jobs)

RIP-OFF - We already have a very good "tax on usage" - called fuel duty. The more you drive, the more you pay. What's wrong with that?


Road pricing is very simply the politicians latest scheme to extract as much money as possible whilst exerting even more control over "the people".

A LOT less than 10% of motoring taxes go into the roads, think about that one before offering to pay more.

I dislike the idea. You can drive from Essex to Scotland on main roads and motorways for no road charging, but cross the Thames at Dartford and you get charged £1.50 each way for a car. Why? The tolls were suppose to stop when the scheme had paid for itself which it did some years ago. Now a French firm are running the toll booths. The excuse is that it is to cut congestion. But even with over a dozen toll booths each way it is the toll booths that cause the congestion. Motorists have to stop from 50 mph on the bridge to use the toll booths. No toll booths then traffic moves. Common sense to me. Why pay extra to cross a river. Motorways were £1 million a mile to make in the 1960s. All other crossing of the Thames (except Gravesend Ferry) are free.

It is time the goverment adopted a more positive approach to motoring. The car/motorcycle is a fact of life and we have lived our lives accordingly. The goverments, both central and local seem to spend most o their time making life more difficult for the motorist and they also seem intent on rendering us bankrupt.with their spy cameras ( euphemistically called safety cameras).
They could build more roads if they were nopt spending £40 million pounds a day on Blairs phony war, the nazi type ID card which will be more than just an ID card( they have spent millions alreadyon this lashup) and the Olympics ( final cost unknown). If Lord Coe was a builder he would get the boot with his ever spiralling estimates of the cost.
This is probably why this country is going down the pan because we are run by second raters.
The French would have taken to the streets by now. We the Britih will be led willingly by the nose.

How about if road tax is abolished, but fuel tax is increased, so as the more fuel your vehicle consumes or the more mileage you drive the more tax you pay.

Would this not be a fairer system?