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    Before long cars will have GPS governed speed limiting (I expect ).
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    Quote Originally Posted by walpurgis View Post
    Before long cars will have GPS governed speed limiting (I expect ).
    probably not far away geoff
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    Agreed - not that I approve.

    I can foresee a time when you will pay per mile travelled, There will be a very modest car tax (paid per annum, irrespective of engine type or capacity), thereafter you will pay per mile. It might no be popular but it is something that will suit those who do not drive a lot (I'm included in that group).
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    Agreed - not that I approve.

    I can foresee a time when you will pay per mile travelled, There will be a very modest car tax (paid per annum, irrespective of engine type or capacity), thereafter you will pay per mile. It might no be popular but it is something that will suit those who do not drive a lot (I'm included in that group).
    True it may not be popular, but I've long thought it to be a more cost efficient and equitable way to collect revenue from drivers. Even though it would probably work out more expensive for me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by walpurgis View Post
    Before long cars will have GPS governed speed limiting (I expect ).
    The technology will already be here - our sat nav always knows the speed limit of whichever road we're on, and warns of upcoming speed cameras. No doubt speed limiting will be employed just as soon as we get a transport minister with the balls to implement it, as it would be a surefire votes-loser.
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    I have thought for years that car tax should be only the revenue collected on fuel sales - fairest way of relating road usage to taxation in my opinion
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony View Post
    The technology will already be here - our sat nav always knows the speed limit of whichever road we're on, and warns of upcoming speed cameras.
    So does mine - it's constantly 'dinging' to either tell me I'm about to exceed the speed limit, or there is change of speed limit coming up.
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    Quote Originally Posted by guy View Post
    I have thought for years that car tax should be only the revenue collected on fuel sales - fairest way of relating road usage to taxation in my opinion
    I agree. Easy to implement for liquid fuel, but more difficult for electric vehicles, though no doubt it could be done if the car is charged overnight and uses a separate meter.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    So does mine - it's constantly 'dinging' to either tell me I'm about to exceed the speed limit, or there is change of speed limit coming up.
    mine is rarely on tbh, and when it is the sound is usually muted
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    I agree. Easy to implement for liquid fuel, but more difficult for electric vehicles, though no doubt it could be done if the car is charged overnight and uses a separate meter.
    inclined to think its gonna be on mileage. you will likely get a free allowance then pay on increasing levels. ice vehicles will no doubt pay more, and the poorer mileage you get the more you pay etc.
    it will come, and sooner than you think imo
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    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

    "You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”

    “There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”


    ***SMILE, BE HAPPY***

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