Hans (and anyone else),
What does that term, Road pricing mean? I'm not familiar with the
term and am trying to figure it out from your rant.
Regards,
Bill
'76B
BMCSNJ
At 07:37 PM 6/22/2005 +0200, Hans Duinhoven wrote:
>Those train people controlling the signals and railtracks overhere tried
>to clog the roads as well by going on strike last week for a day.
>No train could move whatsoever and guess what, traffic was not so bad @
>all....
>
>Yes, road pricing is on its way as well overhere in the Netherlands.
>But there's good news as well (from the European government!)
>The enormous tax (named BPM) on new cars and motorcycles is named illegal
>in the aspects of the European laws, so I'm curious when this dreadfull
>tax will be banned.
>
>Example:
>My Audi Avant received the BPM tax of US$ 15,115 as part of the total
>purchase price of US 52,800 = 27% of the listprice is this @#* BPM tax.
>Calculate, that 19% of the listprice also is regular value add tax (VAT),
>makes, that a Dutch car price exists almost 50% of tax!
>
>Back to road pricing: for my MG, I would not like this variant. Road
>pricing will make the fuel possible higher as it already is (very). My BGT
>is not taxed, as it is over 25 years old.
>We'll see what will come. I assume the classic car lobby will do a good fight.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Hans
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
>To: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>;
><mgs@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 3:38 PM
>Subject: Re: Road Pricing
>
>>Only outdone but the announcement from the train operating companies
>>yesterday that if road pricing drives (ho ho) even more people onto the
>>trains they will have to introduce a rail congestion charge to force them
>>off again. I'm not joking, and it isn't April.
>>
>>PaulH.
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>>Those in the UK can't have failed to notice the Blair Governments latest
>>>"Bright New Idea" - replacing our extortionate fuel taxes with
>>extortionate
>>>road pricing.
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