Information about Two-tier road taxes

parliamentary information office: And which are those? Cameras that lead to the highest number of fines are located where large numbers of motorists break the speed limit. If they catch large numbers of speed-merchants then they are doing their job. If you are a motorist you shouldnt be unwary, you should be watching the speed limit.

parliamentary information office: They need more money it is nothing to do with congestion or green taxes, we already pay a toll, it is fuel duty, when traffic is heavy we pay more because to drive in stop start treffic ineffiecent, extra tax for A and M roads will make rat runs of back streets and country lanes.

parliamentary information office: If he needs to raise more money at least give it a green tint, how about a 1% purchase tax for every 200kgs a car weighs over 1000kgs (heavier cars cause more damage in accidents and wear on roads), and a 1% purchase tax for every 10g of CO2 over 100 on the emission scale?

parliamentary information office: Why just nationwide? This is one field in which the EU could be really useful. If all EU countries could agree to reduce their vehicle tax and institute a system of tolls on motorways, and perhaps on some other roads, it would be really fair: regardless of your nationality, you would be paying into the exchequer of the country where you are using the facilities. The problem would be agreeing on rates. Whether they should be uniform EU-wide, or have national variation, as well as any other criteria according to which the rates might vary, would have to be thrashed out before the system could start to function. But: where there is a will there is a way!

parliamentary information office: Obviously the 2-tier road tax plan is ludicrous, but I just thought I'd point out what a bizarre article this is by Michael White. He spends most of his time attacking an (admittedly ridiculous) IEA proposal that has NOTHING to do with the Coalition government's plans, with only brief stops along the way to offer staunch support for Thatcherism and rail privatisation. WTF? Is this what the Guardian has come to? Columnists as paid-up Tory shills?

parliamentary information office: Why was it hard to disagree with? Aside from the fact that speed camera loactions are selected for risk not reward, the truth is that if you don't exceed the limit, you wont get caught. Its not a complex argument FFS.

parliamentary information office: Apart from this being another socially divisive proposal by the Tories, it's hard to see how it could work in practice in Scotland. Many of our A roads, especially North of Perth, are the only routes available. It would be a VERY long drive from Perth to Inverness without using the A9.