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Originally Posted by katex
Don't think it's suggested that you cannot take your car Panther, just pay for the privelege of parking up where you shop. We are used to (mostly) having this free at supermarkets and that is why we are aghast at the suggestion. Not everyone, goes for a huge shop all the time, and a car park fee may deter them from taking their car and on to the bus or shop more locally, or, at best, shop in their town centre.
Could be an extremely expensive way to implement this idea, as would need some sort of technology to link up with the DVLA to check your yearly mileage. Lots of people would complain was interfering with their Human Rights. 
Suppose, in a way, we are taxed like this anyway, due to the fact that motorists who do lots of mileage per year, usually have larger cars and taxed on its car emmisions. Was surprised yesterday, talking to a neighbour who works on the motorways, that he uses his little Smart car for travelling to and fro, tax is only £35 per year ! |
Technology like this in cars is probably going to be fully implemented by 2015 anyway. All technology is advancing and soon enough we will see computers more readily available for everyone, simply because the government wants to use it more and more to track us.
As for the laws relating to it, that's all likely to be reformed soon enough as well. Data protection will be the first to go. I'm looking forward to new technology. I'm fortunate enough to get to work on the papers which will be put before European Parliamentarians who will have to decide how to advance such things. Lucky me
