Taxes? What taxes?
Two taxes for every one....
1) Fuel tax... something obscene.....like 75% of the retail price of gas is tax.. so ouch.
2) Road tax. This covers your registration and its your 'right' to drive on the road.
But, here's the kicker...it depends on the car you drive..
So.. any car register or made before 01/01/73 this is £0.....
(my 911 a 72 car...)
Then for cars registered between 01/01/73 and 01/03/01 is either £135 per year for small cars (like 1.4l and below) or £185/ year for everything else.
It all goes pear shaped after that with lots of C02 related bands which mean the real bad dogs pay up to £450 per year.
Other than that the 'taxes' are optional...for example in London there is a 'Congestion Charge' of £8 per day to drive into the centre of town and around the centre between 0630 and 1900 Mon-Friday...but public transport into the City is generally very good so driving is now an exception rather than the norm, plus the car parks have lowered (a bit) their rates to compensate...
Then you pay to park pretty much anywhere these days and in some places you need to pruchase a 'residents' parking permit' to park on the street near your house... don't laugh millions here live in the city with no off street parking space and near to work places etc where if this wasn't the case you would never get a space on the street.. this is often somehting like £40 per year.
So example the daily is a 1.4l VW...so its £165/ year tax plus a £40/ year parking permit...£205/ per year... we do somehting like 6,000 miles per year at on average 35mpg... that's 172 gallons (Imperial) per year... so about £650 in gas tax...so we're talking £855 per year in taxes.....or about 14p (30c) per mile.
Ok you need to add insurance but that is so dependent on individuals its really tough....
I think that for the quality of the roads we have in the UK its not too bad...