I am, as so often, more than a little baffled by this. Let's double check. It doesn't matter at all how much you cruise, it still costs them just the same.
But if there's a bit of waterway 500 miles away, that you can never get to because - say - you don't get enough leave each year - you should pay more for the privilege of potentially cruising it. So someone with a 62 foot narrow boat at - say - Bishop's Stortford - who goes out for 2 weeks a year should pay more than someone with a 50 foot barge who goes up and down the river every day? And when - say - Tewitfield locks are restored the narrow boat should then pay more as a result? Apart from "this benefits me" is there any logic behind this at all? Mind you, I can see why you want to close the Slough Arm - under your scheme it would benefit all of us to campaign to close all waterways we aren't planning to travel on. Adrian Stott wrote: > 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 > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
