No Rich, I don't want road pricing as they would shaft us.
What I also don't want is to have to pay £400+ a year in car tax for a hobby, it is unreasonable.
Ditch the car tax, stick 2p or whatever necessary on petrol to cover the lost revenue. All nice and fair then.
£400+ road tax is not a deterrent for someone who can afford to do 20k miles a year in a Range Rover. It will affect someone who has off-roading as a hobby though.
To be honest though I'd rather get screwed over on my hobbies rather than my necessities.
My car is half hobby / luxury as I don't really 'need' it, it just comes in handy to do jobs, I'm prepared to pay the £180 or more a year to have a car there when I need it. Sure it's a kick in the balls once a year but I'd rather pay that than loads extra on fuel (or road pricing) to me that is just a kick in the balls every time I turn the key.
I know you reckon they'll only chuck a few pence on fuel but once the flood gate has opened for them to add duty to cover the cost...they like to add a few pence just for fun now, it will be more like a few quid if they are trying to cover car tax.
I don't want to come over as being harsh because you made a fair point, but if you have an expensive hobby or luxury mate you have got to pay for it, that's the bottom line.
For the millions who have small, very economical cars, and drive a fair distance to work in them.... They already pay the minimum for insurance, road tax and spends less on fuel so they will feel the hurt if money is added to fuel or road pricing. Those car owners are already doing all they can to get to work as cheaply as possible, *often they have no other viable option (in a country with a frankly inconvenient, expensive and vastly underfunded public transport system) how happy will they be to get their £35 a year eco road tax knocked off and then spend £thousands a year more than they would have on fuel so some people can have a 'hobby'.
The irony would be that their economical car will all of a sudden seem like a gas guzzler at the pumps for what it would cost to run on a daily basis and in one foul swoop the government would make it impossible for some people to even afford to commute to work in a car*, the ones whom they are trying to encourage to be green in the first place!
