I agree though TTT, far too cheap still. £5.00 a litre should do it I reckon should clear the roads a bit. //so no public transport and no one to share car with.// Well if there we less cars then the scum scoops would be patronised more and therefore become profitable and more services could be added. Public transport is like it is because the masses can afford...
youngmafbog, my friend finishes work at around 3am, so no other way to get home than by car. Public transport is fine if you live near to towns but not much use when out of town, in the country or when you work silly hours which many do these days. He has to go 20 miles to get to and from work each day. Public transport is fine for many but not for all.
From the way you said it youngmafbog it sounded like the answer is public transport when it really isn't suitable for all cases and a car is the only option. "Public transport is like it is because the masses can afford private transport. Needs to stop." Sorry if I have read it wrong.
"Public transport is like it is because the masses can afford private transport. Needs to stop. " bang on. That's the problem.
Whenever this comes up we get people like shedman talking about cases where it's impractical. Ok we aren't talking about those, we are talking about the 95% that could use PT and don't because a) it's sheeite and b) they can afford their own jam jars. Now as suggested make it £5 a litre and plough it into cheap efficient public transport and we'll have a much better system. It can't happen over night and I accept the anomalies to be solved over time.
So, petrol increases to £5 a litre. The number of cars on the road reduces to, say, 20% of present volumes. Where does the Govt make up the shortfall of income from the huge revenues made on fuel?
For starters if you do as I wrote (did you bother to read it?) the difference from today to £5/l would be tax. Once the network of public transport is built then that tax is then available to spend as required. In addition the fuel the public transport uses will increase and there would (I suggest) be taxation on that.
It really isnt difficult ZM, just think out the box.
Right oh, you know what I am saying but as usual go for the I am so superior and smug comment.
No change then I suppose.
Try using the thing on the top of your shoulders, even you might be able to think of different ways of doing things.
How about instead of increase in fuel we simply put a private vehicle licence fee of say £5K a year on all private vehicles (except of course vans preved to be for business use only).
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