Trevor wrote: > ~Alan~ wrote ... > >> ### Log Books? What the Hell is happening??? > > What is *happening* is people complaining here, bitterly, about the > non-policing of bridge hoppers, the lack of policing of *those* > people by BW, the proposed increases in the costs of boat licences > and the fact that *those* people are, reportedly, blatantly lying > about whether they are CC or have a permanent, or residential, berth. > >> We don't have jouney log books for cars. We don't have rstrictions on >> quiet roads or areas - only where it's congested. > > We don't have differential costs of car licences either (yet!); nor, > for that matter, do we have differential pricing on the road system - > but both are likely to be coming, and both in the not too distant > future either:-(( > > The former will be based on engines sizes (and exhaust pollution) the > latter on 'where' you live and drive - the basic principles are not > far different to BW's September proposals, IMHO .. add to this the > 'anti-Chelsea-Tractor-Brigade' (and recent proposals to make them pay > even more taxes) and you begin to appreciate that 'life on the road' > is becoming much more complex.
Keep up at the back - we already have differential costs of car licences! Based as you suggest on size and pollution... http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/OwningAVehicle/HowToTaxYourVehicle/DG_10012524 Ron Jones Process Safety & Development Specialist Don't repeat history, unreported chemical lab/plant near misses at http://www.crhf.org.uk Only two things are certain: The universe and human stupidity; and I'm not certain about the universe. ~ Albert Einstein
