Re: Speeding Fines Up By 400 Per Cent

Brian Robertson wrote:
"Matt B" <matt.bourke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:6ftunsFdcv0pU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Brian Robertson wrote:
No, I am largely anti motorist,
Is that form of discrimination still legal?

pro congestion charge in Manchester,
On the basis that it will generate huge amounts of wealth for those who administer the system, as in London, or because it will hit motorists in their pockets?

would like to see car tax raised to £5k a year for gas guzzlers,
How would you define a "gas guzzler"? As cars with older technology or bigger than average engines, which are only used sparingly or at weekends, and so consume less than average amounts of fuel - as our politicians seem to favour, or as cars, regardless of engine size, which because of their heavy usage, or the way they are driven, consume more than average amounts of fuel?

would like to see freight forced off the road and onto rail
I'm not sure we could tolerate the extra cost and inflexibility.

and would like to see a National Cycle Network that is truly off-road.
You don't swallow the line that cycle paths are more dangerous than roads then?

The idea that the congestion charge is some huge backhander for the politicians is contemptible.

Who has made that suggestion? Not me.

I wondered what you thought the benefits of the Manchester system would be, as apparently, of the near £1 billion revenue the London system had made up to the end of 2007, all but £10 million of that was consumed by the operating and capital costs of the system. Into the bargain, congestion in London is at about the same level now as it was before the system was introduced.

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Matt B
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