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From: Freedom Fighter
Date: 2/16/03
Time: 12:22:46 AM
Remote Name: 195.7.227.153
Here's the OBSERVER's response to David Begg, in an editorial: Here's the problem. Without massive expenditure and the prospect of 10-, 12- and even 14-lane motorways, Britain's roads will hit gridlock within just a few years. And here's the solution from the chairman of the Commission for Integrated Transport, Professor David Begg. We report today his plan for every car in Britain to be fitted with a satellite device so its owner can be billed for actual road use. But don't we already have a way in which we make those who use their cars most pay most? It's called petrol duty... and is rather simpler to collect than a satellite-tracking tax. (Even the famously efficient Stephen Byers hasn't got time to be sending out 29 million quarterly invoices.)