I didn’t post about this mainly because it’s inevitable. Fuel duty is a considerable income for the government to waste away. With the resultant drop in duty income, a pay per mile would be the most realistic equivalent to fuel duty.
The question that hasn’t been raised yet, let alone answered, is how they propose to measure and collect this money. For Motability customers, we get one MOT and maybe one or two services in the 3 years. Requesting mileage at these points wouldn’t reflect a timely response. Payment for those not in work could be tricky if it requires holding and money payed in arrears and payments in advance could confuse people, especially if they have an urgent need to use the car but aren’t sure where they are in terms of paid miles. There was talk years ago about a recording process placed on major roads, and around town, some sort of digital ID. However, if that’s a government project it’ll take years to put in place and will cost millions, plus millions in overspending, and won’t be reliable for a decade or so, especially in the deepest rural areas.
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Mark