On 14 May 2014 09:50, Hamish Moffatt <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 14/05/14 08:56, Jim Birch wrote: > > On 13 May 2014 17:53, Alan Hargreaves <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> wouldn't this affect your registration and insurance, as your really not > >> "private use" any more > > > > Sooner or later, cars will be charged for time on the road and even > better > > congestion impact and routes. Registration and insurance could increment > > with usage. It would be possible right now to put a low cost box in > every > > vehicle that reported it's routes and charged according to usage. The > > problem is not technical, it's the massive political bunfight :) > > > Maybe. But it's worth thinking about whether a user-pays approach to > everything is really in our best interests in the long term: > > > http://www.theage.com.au/comment/why-we-should-carry-that-weight-20140509-zr802.html > > > > Hamish > _______________________________________________ > Link mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link > _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
