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January 25th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
By
Ray Massey
Last updated at 9:58 AM on 25th January 2012
A controversial £10-a-day pay-as-you-drive road charge for lorries has been unveiled today.
The aim is to create a ‘level playing field’ and give ‘a fair deal’ to UK hauliers who have to pay hefty tolls abroad. By contrast, around 1.5million foreign hauliers pay nothing when they use UK roads.
All lorry drivers will have to buy and display a special permit on their windscreens – though UK hauliers will have some or all of that off-set by a tax rebate.
Controversial: Lorry drivers are to pay a £10 daily charge to drive on British roads, replicating a scheme that is used abroad, such as here in eastern Germany
In the same way drivers may be stopped for tax disc checks, authorities will also be able to check the permit is current.
The scheme will be welcomed by UK haulage companies. But experts say it could also be a ‘Trojan horse’ for more widespread pay-as-you-drive road pricing for Britain’s 33 million motorists.
The Government has vowed not to bring in such schemes for ordinary motorists during this Parliament, but no commitments have been made beyond that.
Fair deal: Mike Penning said the charge would help promote growth and increase employment in the UK
A Whitehall source said: ‘By law, the scheme cannot discriminate between UK-registered vehicles and vehicles from elsewhere in the EU so this charge will apply to all lorries.
‘But, for the vast majority of UK hauliers, this will not mean an increase in costs because we propose to compensate them.’
Previous attempts to bring in such a scheme – dubbed a ‘Brit Disc – failed because they fell foul of this discrimination argument.
Roads minister Mike Penning said: ‘The charge would help UK hauliers get a fairer deal, while increasing employment and promoting growth in the UK.’
UK-registered heavy goods vehicles currently pay charges or tolls in most European countries.
A vehicle doing a two-day return trip to the Netherlands pays around £15. Ministers will today put the plan out to consultation.
A source added the move ‘will create a fairer deal for the domestic haulage industry – helping to level the playing field with foreign hauliers’.
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make it a nice round £1000 for each entry to england.
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Try going through Austria. Ha! It’s a joke…..
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Why bother, it will cost a fortune to implement and another fortune to adminster. Then on top of that, you will have hundreds of staff to pay, bonuses will have to be paid for not meeting the targets and redundancies when it all goes pear shaped. Seems like a job for the boys and another jolly we will be lumbered with.
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no problem great idea , but dont complain when other country’s do like wise when our lorry’s go abroad
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This seems long overdue but whats the betting the EU will regard it as unlawful in some way?
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I’ve worked in transport all my working life, and while this seems fair on the surface it’s likely to effect all our imports and exports. British transport companies can not compete against cheaper running costs of fuel, insurance and drivers wages then them from the continent. This will have little effect on the amount of trade our companies get, but it will make Mr Public pay more for their goods…again. If our fuel prices where more in line with the rest of Europe we’d have a chance. With growth dropping by – 0.2% you’d think a drop in tax on fuel would help…but it’s due to go up not down! The Tories have no idea on economic growth.
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In the UK VED and Road Fuel Taxes are high with a few Tolled Roads. _____ How do the equivalent Taxes on the Continent compare? ______ Noted that only about 30% of Road Taxes are spent on the Highways Network.
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This was surjestted 10 yrs ago don’t hold your breath,ex hgv driver
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“…though UK hauliers will have some or all of that off-set by a tax rebate” To begin with. How long do you think it will be before this (or any incoming) government decide to continually lower the “rebate” until ALL hauliers are paying this new TAX, and Britons end up paying TWICE?
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About time too. I paid 30 euros for my car to drive straight through Switzerland. That wasn’t so bad but I had to pay another 30 for my caravan and I only went the one way. 60 euros to drive 100 miles. I may be wrong but I am entitled to say it, Here, 25/1/2012 11:56 Nobody forced you to use Switzerland as a rat run. There’s always an alternative route !
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