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heero_yuy

29-01-2018 10:34

Re: Road use charges are you for them? or against them?

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Originally Posted by Onramp (Post 35934453)

Against, because it will involve spying on the GPS position of everyone's car. If everyone's absolute location is always known by the authorities, untrustworthy authorities gain supreme power over citizens.

Automatic speeding fines. :erm:

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Freedom of movement is lost if you are an otherwise law-abiding target of the state. Of course, none of this matters until the politics of a nation begins to deteriorate even further than it already has...

Together with tracking your phone, the state will always know where you are and who you're with.

That may not matter at the moment but consider if the UK elects a totalitarian Marxist party...

The road to hell is truely paved in good intentions. :(

passingbat

29-01-2018 11:29

Re: Road use charges are you for them? or against them?

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Originally Posted by Onramp (Post 35934453)

Spot on, and why I would not surprise me if at some stage, it eventually happens.

Taf	29-01-2018 11:50

Re: Road use charges are you for them? or against them?

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Originally Posted by passingbat (Post 35934521)

Spot on, and why I would not surprise me if at some stage, it eventually happens.

Don't some insurance companies already do this?

And ANPR cameras are now all over the place, not just on motorways. Software could easily be used to log every car they see.

BenMcr

29-01-2018 12:11

Re: Road use charges are you for them? or against them?

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 35934517)

Automatic speeding fines. :erm:

There are already ways of doing that

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-new...limit-in-place

Maggy

29-01-2018 12:27

Re: Road use charges are you for them? or against them?

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 35934517)

Automatic speeding fines. :erm:

Together with tracking your phone, the state will always know where you are and who you're with.

That may not matter at the moment but consider if the UK elects a totalitarian Marxist party...

The road to hell is truely paved in good intentions. :(

If only the roads we currently use were as well paved.

---------- Post added at 11:27 ---------- Previous post was at 11:22 ----------

I don't mind paying my fair share but the resulting monies should be put into actually paying to sort out all the damned potholes and terrible road surfaces that currently impact on traffic.

On the other hand if we could avoid the need for smart motorways I'd be happy but I suspect that even changing the way and amount we pay won't sort out any infrastructure problems.

papa smurf

29-01-2018 12:42

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Originally Posted by Taf (Post 35934525)

Don't some insurance companies already do this?

And ANPR cameras are now all over the place, not just on motorways. Software could easily be used to log every car they see.

Ha ha tin foiled again

Sirius

29-01-2018 18:12

Re: Road use charges are you for them? or against them?

There going to bring this in so they dont lose the revenue from all those electric cars we will be buying :)

Hom3r

30-01-2018 20:44

Re: Road use charges are you for them? or against them?

I'm agaist it for the following reasons.

1. overpriced VED (Road Tax).
2. over priced fuel (taxes).
3. too many pot holes.

The motorist pays far to much tax, tax someone else.

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