whats your view on PAYG road tax?

Answer 1

It is yet another ill conceived and badly thought through plan of this governments.
It's totally unworkable and will affect the economy as a whole.
I drive approximately 45K miles a year on business, often on the most congested routes in the busiest times, who will pay my fee? Not me, my company will, we will then pass that onto our clients who in turn will pass that to their customers, that's you.
It's ridiculous, they need to come up with some proper alternatives rather than more taxes to solve issues like this.

Answer 2

I think it would be fair for some and completely unfair for others. If you only travel a few miles a week then it'd be good. Little old lady off to the shops on a Thursday afternoon only pays a small amount. This is of course providing that the silly government remove the cost of road tax. And commercial travellers doing masses of miles would suffer and so would we as a result. I think the way to go about it is to increase the difficulty of the driving test. Driving is a privilege and i think it's far too easy to get on the road. If people had to undergo an IQ test and a stringent driving exam then i think we'd have far fewer people on the roads. Making things expensive is just stupid.

Answer 3

Don't know why 4 X 4s are always brought into the argument, or mothers dropping children off. It's nothing to do with preserving the planet - simply hitting the motorist, an easy target again. The government want motoring to once again be the pleasure of the rich only. Remember the drivers of cars which are heavy on fuel are already paying a high tax twice, and are therefore subsidising the drivers of smaller cars. So you drivers of small cars should appreciate this and be suitably grateful. By upping the tax this government has finally committed political suicide. It has no chance of winning the next election.

Answer 4

road tax should be on the price of petrol say 2p per litre you then would only pay for what u use at least that would ba fair to all and no one would have to worry about road tax but of course think of the money that the courts make out of our fines this will never happen

Answer 5

Since PETROL is already taxed high,

and the more you drive around the more you have to buy petrol,

we are already PAYG. If they want a miles thig then DROP the 80% tax on petrol.

Plus to monitor means bringing in 'technology' to monitor the car, possibly then bringing in speed fines 'on the move'???

PLUS hows it worked out? on Average miles?
once your taxed on it people will do less miles, thus bringing down the average milage, therefor your taxed high again, then etc etc.

Answer 6

Should be free as in France, their road fund licence, there's a mis-nomer if ever I heard one when was the last time your car tax was spent on funding roads, is free for all vehicles, they only have a disc to prove they have Control Technique, their MOT, which is only every 2 years as well! Rip off BRitain? Of course it is!

Answer 7

Good idea in theory - just look at the people who would be exempt - doctors, nurses, delivery, sales, business, politicians, police, car sharers, public transp etc, etc.

They will come down hard on that poor mum - who recently bought a shiny 4x4 and does very few miles. You have to walk !!

Answer 8

Terrible. We pay far too much tax in the UK at the moment. Everything we do is taxed. Driving is taxed, flying is taxed, drinking is taxed, shopping is taxed (VAT), even surfing the web is taxed. They'll be taxing fresh air next.

Answer 9

Very fair. You pay for what you use.
Should be the same with insurance, which I understand is being tried by Norwich Union at the moment.

Answer 10

good idea in theory ( i mean why pay when you're not using) but like most govenment initiatives, they'll charge really high tolls to make up for the lost money