I seem to remember last time *e had the discussion about being charged by length and *idth, people got up tight *hen others agreed to the change in charges.
Funny enough they had non narro*boats? Moose To: [email protected] From: [email protected] Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 10:20:20 +0100 Subject: [canals-list] Re: Navigation charges On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:08:22 -0000, "mick L" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >--- In [email protected], Adrian Stott <re...@...> wrote: >> >> On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 08:08:30 -0000, "mick L" >> <planel...@...> wrote: > >> >> I pay the poorly-targeted road tax. I want to see it replaced by >> tolls. I campaign towards achieving that. No inconsistency there. > >If you own a car and it sits out side your house on the road, you have to have >a licence, because it NEVER moves you still have to pay the same as a car that >does. that's to me is a good idea. I agree. My only proviso is that the charge for a boat should depend on the length of its cruising range. That is in effect what happens for the car in your example, but all car charges are the same because all cars can use all roads. >I think the way EA works on the River Thames is a better way, charge by the >square metre. Why? None of the costs experienced by a navigation authority varies significantly with craft beam or length. So navigation charges based on those characteristics are simply unjustified discrimination. Sizism! OTOH, mooring charges *should* vary with craft size. Adrian Adrian Stott Tel. UK (0)7956-299966 _________________________________________________________________ http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/197222280/direct/01/ Do you have a story that started on Hotmail? Tell us now [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
