Re: Make Road Tax simple....
"Remove duty from fuel and charge based on miles driven."
Err ... no.
That's how you get personal, constant GPS tracking and a police state where you can't even go to shop without being tracked. And you know what? You, as the car owner, pay the tracking equipment, through the nose.
There are many Stasi-covert agents in EU already demanding exactly that: Government mandated 24/7/365 GPS tracking for every vehicle (except bicycles of course).
"For mileage tax" they say but we've already seen that that data is used anything authorities can imagine, starting from speeding fines (obvious, eh?) to murder accusations (you were there when this person was killed, GPS doesn't lie) and proving infidelity (same explanation).
That box of Pandora must not be opened.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
