BBC Road Charging Test Results

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Sat 18 Nov 2006 20:44
BBC Road Charging Test Results - Kevin
The BBC recenty conducted a test of road charging with four different drivers in the West Midlands.

The results are now available at:

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6160174.stm

Kevin...
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Sat 18 Nov 2006 21:24
BBC Road Charging Test Results - Vin {P}
And looking further into this, for white van man, we have:

Final Month Bill: £194.31
Miles Travelled: 3,313

If he was doing 50mpg in a diesel, then he used 66 gallons of fuel, 300 litres at, say 85p = £255. Duty on this 80% (guess, but in the right area) = £204. Thus, if we're being told (and I've heard it said) that road charging is to replace fuel taxes and VED, then the exchequer would get less from this than from fuel tax.

I conclude:

1. The charging scheme would have higher rates than this experiment

2. The charging scheme would be in addition to fuel tax (probably most likely)

3. The chancellor would take a reduction in tax. Bwahahahahaha!

I heard these numbers on the radio (they stuck because I was once a white van man) and did the rough maths in my head, so this argument may well not stand up when applied to the others.

V

PS. Figures above from: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6158060.stm

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Sat 18 Nov 2006 22:09
BBC Road Charging Test Results - martint123
They all say "that if congestion is improved then it will be worth it" - but none of them contemplate reducing travel, so if this is an average, then congestion won't get much better.

Just another tax and an excuse to bring in big brother tracking hardware.
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