Save me from the bureaucrats!!!!Reported this year was that the £8 flat rate congestion charge in Central London is to be abolished and replaced by a system of “intelligent tolls” that vary according to the time drivers travel into the zone and the emissions of their vehicles. What is Red Ken up to?
By 2009 the congestion charge for Category G vehicles will be increased by a factor of 3x such that it costs £25 to enter the zone no matter how far you drive in it. A Category G vehicle includes many of the SUV, 4x4 type of vehicle as well as many people carriers. Of course, many sports cars and higher performance vehicles also come into this category.
It is no longer a tax on congestion or an environmental tax, but the worst sort of tax - a tax borne out of chip-on-the-shoulder left-leaning cheap politics. You're better off having an £8 car and driving it like mad than you are having a £25 car and driving it carefully.
Lets continue the debate later. Any comments?
1 comment:
Congestion charging might well deter some motorists from using their vehicles as often as they may do otherwise, but it also penalises people who have to use the car to get to and from work every day. I'm thinking of people who cannot use public transport because their place of work is in a outlying area, which is the case with my son who would have to travel through two congestion charging zones en route to work. That journey is vital for him - so he'd be penalised for just going to work - how can that be right?
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