Damien

I think it would be nice to find a way to make driving short distances less economically viable without punishing people who go further than that. I can't really think of a way to make that possible but parents taking their kids to their local school in sodding great land rovers is absurd, how much inner-town/city rush hour traffic is for short journeys?

Now I am on it I would tax such cars heavy anyway. On my daily drive back from the tube there is a road which always has a lot of cars parked on either side. Being a narrow road it leaves little space for traffic to maneuver and you need to take it slowly, find space, and negotiate carefully when meeting traffic. Usually 3 or 4 times until the end of the road. Now imagine a massive land rover (or bigger!!) coming at you in that situation.

I live near London, what possible reason could you have for such a ridiculous car? Last time I checked there was no wild beasts roaming the suburbs, no cross-terrain driving. Just busy streets. You can fit the same amount of people into a nice, large family car. If I had a lot of money to waste on such a monstrosity then I would rather go for a luxury BMW or other such car.

/Rant