[Gllug] [OT] Fighting a virus

[Peter Joanes]

On Friday 16 February 2007 10:05, Chris Bell wrote:
> ... I have received the following forwarded message:
>
> If you drive a car, please read -

I sometimes drive a car, but fail to see why this would be irrelevant to 
non-drivers; pedestrians and cyclists certainly have an interest in the 
matter.

The quoted amounts listed for road charging are intended to cause outrage 
among the many drivers that exhibit a strong sense of entitlement towards 
their car usage. I cannot judge whether they are disproportionate though, 
because I haven't seen any sufficiently detailed evaluation of the negative 
effects of current volumes of road transport.

That said, I don't like the road charging scheme because of the tracking 
aspect. Instead I'd rather see a very significant increase in fuel tax and 
greater use of pedestrianization, although I doubt that the signatories to 
the petition would view those as acceptable alternatives.


-	Pete.

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