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Old December 10th 18, 02:57 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Roland Perry Roland Perry is offline
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Default Sadiq's looming poll tax moment

In message , at 14:33:09 on
Mon, 10 Dec 2018, Recliner remarked:

Going back to one of your earlier suggestions, it might be more
tolerable if the system was smart enough to allow a small number of
free visits by any vehicle to the zone (say, two per month), and only
imposed a charge after that was exceeded. It would ensure that people
regularly driving in the zone invested in clean vehicles, but rare
visitors weren't impeded.


The authorities seem wedded to the idea of nickel-and-diming everyone
whenever they can. It'd also be great to get half a dozen free trips at
the Dartford Crossing a year, or maybe half a dozen peak-time rail fares
at the off-peak rate.

Neither would have any measurable impact on the volume of 'traffic', and
are simply a stealth tax on distress purchases.
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Roland Perry