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OFF TOPIC => WORLD NEWS => Motoring => Topic started by: Ugly Mongrel on July 14, 2014, 22:56:14

Title: Pay as you go charges for road users being considered in OZ
Post by: Ugly Mongrel on July 14, 2014, 22:56:14

I really hope this crazy idea never gets off the ground.  :mad: :mad:

http://couriermail.com.au/news/federal-government-considers-charging-drivers-per-kilometre-to-pay-for-roads/story-fnii5smp-1226988912045 (http://couriermail.com.au/news/federal-government-considers-charging-drivers-per-kilometre-to-pay-for-roads/story-fnii5smp-1226988912045)

Title: Re: Pay as you go charges for road users being considered in OZ
Post by: Surferdude on July 15, 2014, 04:02:51

Imagine what trucking companies would pay - and the effect on commodity pricing.

Title: Re: Pay as you go charges for road users being considered in OZ
Post by: Ugly Mongrel on July 15, 2014, 05:02:26

Imagine what low income earners who need to travel long distances to work each day will have to pay. Also people on fixed incomes. This would definitely stop a lot of people using their cars.

Title: Re: Pay as you go charges for road users being considered in OZ
Post by: Phil №❶ on July 15, 2014, 05:10:47

Stupid idea  :exclaim:

If they stop using cars, the fuel tax revenue will fall, consumer items like tyre sales & car servicing would reduce, causing flow on effects throughout the business community, loss of employmnet and business failures. Surely, economists have thought of all of this stuff.

 :Dunno:

Title: Re: Pay as you go charges for road users being considered in OZ
Post by: Shambles on July 15, 2014, 07:52:59

It would work over here in Blighty if...


a) fuel excise duty (currently running at around 67%) was cut, to 0%

b) road fund licences (tax disks / vehicle excise duties) were scrapped

c) value added tax (VAT, currently 20%) on consumables (tyres, oil, filters, bulbs) was slashed to 0%

d) toll roads converted to freeways


Not too sure, but I seem to remember a government-sponsored investigation into per-mile charging around 10 years ago. No idea what came of that. Oh wait, yes I do. Nothing came of that.

Title: Re: Pay as you go charges for road users being considered in OZ
Post by: Doggie 1 on July 15, 2014, 07:54:03

Hopefully the same will happen here.

Title: Re: Pay as you go charges for road users being considered in OZ
Post by: Just Rick on July 15, 2014, 13:02:06

Bit like the idiot over here now wanting to put a toll ONLY ON TRUCKS using a certain highway to pay for it's extention,doesn't want to hit normal mums and Dads,what does he think is going to happen to freight costs,who in the ned is going to pay for it Moron,like Steve said only way this will work is to drop all other related taxes which now exist.

UM gave the perfect example,due to my circumstances,employment where I live,my finacial delema if we were to sell our home(as we would not be able to afford another home in perth)I"m forced to travel to work,this would cripple us,I'd be better off on the dole like many others.