In message , The Natural Philosopher
writes
On 17/04/2021 11:45, Robin wrote:
On 17/04/2021 10:49, Andy Bennet wrote:
On 17/04/2021 05:42, jon wrote:
On Fri, 16 Apr 2021 15:58:46 +0100, Broadback wrote:

Lots of post on them but what do they cost

How is the government going to recover all the fuel tax, when the the
majority of vehicles are electric.


Tyre tax.

A new tyre duty based on average milege obtainable with reasonable
use of each tyre.
What could possibly go wrong when you replace a pay-as-you-go tax
most people don't notice with a lumpy tax that'd probably increase
the price of tyres by around a factor 4*? Start with:
maximum hiss
theft of wheels rockets (gor bless them cordless angle grinders)
smuggling (of dangerous tyres too)
Ministers get blame when cars with bald tyes skid and kill kiddies
*back of envelope assuming new cars account for half new tyres in
UK

They will stick GPS in every car and couple it up to a credit card in
order for the ****ing thing to respond to the go pedal

That seems unavoidable! How practical is it?

A couple of Jack Reacher novels refer to police recording their car
journeys via gps information.



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Tim Lamb