[svandamme]

they're thinking about that in holland
and some of the issues are

how to track who drove where?

either they put a black box in your car... nice, big brother knows every move you make (Germany uses this for trucks)

or they put number plate scanners on every road they want to charge
for if you ask me , this is going to be a fraud sensitive approach
(London city congestion charge)

or toll booths all over the place ( like on french highways, and in the US they use this as well )

either way , i don't like any of these ideas

why bother, tax the fuel, and you automatically tax milage
and emissions... cheap, fuel efficient cars automatically pay less

don't get me wrong , personally , i don't want taxed fuel, but that's the way it is, and realistically , it's a fair way of taxing car usage... at least it is , if the proceeds are used correctly ... eg for public transport and public use

yeah i've been to the big apple , and yes there is a subway
but that's more an exception to the rule in the US... you can't deny that. i'm talking every metropole , every city , even small towns... obiously , the bigger the town , the more complex the infrastructure ...you guys don't have that , we do , so do many asian countries, fact of life