New Car Tax Per Mileage

[renegadefm]

Not sure if this is correct at the time of typing this, but my partner read something online about proposed plans to charge motorists car tax per mile. 

 

Not sure how this will work on my car as its a Citroen C1 and I only pay £20 a year. But it becomes per mile it surely won't encourage motorists to have small economical cars.

 

Or am I barking up the wrong tree? 

[naomi24]

TTT, what makes you think rural motorists don't drive on the M25 at 8am?  We might live in the country but that doesn't mean our lives are confined to the country.  We drive miles to get to work or to train stations and even to hospitals.

[ToraToraTora]

well I can't know every combination of usage just putting out an example.

[bhg481]

With GPS tracking you can tell exactly where people are driving at any given time, so a meter in your car can run faster when you're on a motorway than on a country lane (say) and you can be charged accordingly.

Perhaps another way would be to tax electricity used for cars. Public chargers would be easy, home chargers more difficult. At present some are discounted from domestic tariffs; this could be stopped.

[Hopkirk]

Big Brother will really have arrived when they track every movement your vehicle makes.

 

I don't think the public will agree to it.

[ToraToraTora]

already here hoppy, you have a mobile phone?

[douglas9401]

And we're to trust our leaders with this kind of technology are we?

First one to say 'if you're doing nothing wrong you've nothing to fear' gets a virtual size 11 in the 'nads.

[jourdain2]

TTT 17.53  My kids forced a mobile phone on me when I was rather dramatically hospitalised early this year - I insisted that it could not be used to locate me.  Apparantly that is quite easy.  I don't have a Satnav or anything (don't need one, I have a book of maps), so, could I benefit if they can't trace where I have actually driven?

douglas - I'll line up with a nasty trick with a tail-comb!

[renegadefm]

In a nutshell if they introduce tax per mile, the hardest who will be hit are motorists that have no choice in rural areas to get about by car. 

City folk won't need a car in most cases as they could jump on a bus or train to get to work, or probably travel shorter distances.

 

Yes theres the argument someone travelling 20,000 miles a year should pay more road tax, than someone doing only 7,000.

But it becomes unfair when the motorist doing 20,000 doesn't have a choice, thats my point. 

 

To put it another way rural people will be stung hardest through no fault of their own as they can't reply on public transport. 

Thats the most simple way I can put it. 

[barry1010]

I live in a densely populated area but the first bus of the day is 7.45 am, too late for many workers.

It takes me 10 minutes to drive to my local hospital but would take over 90 minutes and three buses.

I would have to catch two buses to get to my nearest train station.

Public transport isn't brilliant in every town and city.

I probably wouldn't have to drive as far as you to get to amenities but I probably waste more fuel in traffic jams

[renegadefm]

barry1010, 

You just hit the nail on the head. If motorists are wasting more fuel clogged up in traffic jams surely that's worse for the environment than rural traffic that has to simply travel further to get to where they need to be.

So tax per mile is surely farcicle as far as being environmentaly friendly. 

[douglas9401]

Here's the thing, road tax will be applied to electric vehicles soon enough, they'll not spend money on data collection when they can just come and clamp you until you pay up.

Does nobody remember the great unleaded petrol con followed by the diesel scam?

Both the best thing since sliced bread until a tipping point was reached then, presto magico, the price goes up.

You are being played and the leccy thing won't be done on time, budget or most of our lifetimes.

IT'S BRITAIN!!

[renegadefm]

douglas9401, 

 

But they should be encouraging electric car sales, not putting them off by taxing them. 

I thought the idea of going all electric was it would be tax exempt. 

A bit like a classic car after a certain age is tax and mot exempt. I never understood that rule by the way. It could mean a lot of unsafe cars on the road.