what are the disadvantages of pay as you drive road pricing?

Answer 1

if you live far away from your work place it will get very expensive

good answer mark, I live in arural place and have to travel atleast 30 miles to work, 60 miles perday, this scheme could cause a major problem for the country, it could even trigger a massive recession!!

Also what piss's me off is that they are planning to take the money but what are they going to do with it?? surely they could fund an electric car for me to be completely "Green"

Answer 2

Personnally, I work away during the week approximatly 220 miles from my house. The government proposals define the price from between 2p up to £1.34 per mile !!!
Now i travel home most weekends, say 3 every month, thats 1320 miles a month at 2p per mile that would be an extra £26 a month on top of petrol etc. Now at the higher price of £1.34 it would be roughly £1768 a month!! Most people, including myself, would never be able to afford that.
If this happens it could cause family problems due to me never being home and loss of my job due to relocation.
Even someone who's job is 10 miles away, over the month, will have to pay a minimum of £8 and a maximum of £536.

Answer 3

The slow down at the toll booths. The increased chance of an accident due to congestion at the tolls. The amount of taxes would be unevenly charged, in that, depending on your route you will pay more than others using the highways just as much but taking a different route. Low income persons will pay at the same rate as wealthier persons.

Answer 4

Effects on poorer people.
Effects of social inclusion.
Complicated journey planning.
Displaced traffic.
The low paid.
Impact on business (greater problems recruiting)
Key workers (already priced out of many large cities)
Impact on property values.
Exemptions?
Data security?
Data processing loads.
Non-payment? (cars crushed)?
Current estimates of implementing show £60 billion?

Answer 5

well if you drive alot of miles on major roads then you will end up paying a fourtune, but if you are like me and do not use your car much and when you do its back roads then i will most likely benefit from it.

Answer 6

The main disadvantage is having to listen to whinging 4x4 owners who won't be able to drive their fat kids to school any more.

Answer 7

by the time they have finished taxing us and heaping fines on us, you will finish up paying to go to work instead of being paid, because your wages will all belong to somebody els, its like having a wife that lives with the milkman.When this situation occures you will consider youself a complete idiot for putting up with it and sign on the benefits system because of your outrage, just like many already have.

Answer 8

paying money out for a tax that you already paid