It looks like the Freight Transport Association is still rather keen on the idea of road pricing.
Deputy Chief Executive James Hookham spoke today at the Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress, telling the audience that road users would be hard to convince of road pricing - or the 'Toll Tax', as Motor Transport called the now-defunct Lorry Road User Charge.
In the FTA's press release Hookham identifies "three potential road user reactions that politicians will need to overcome if road pricing is to be introduced nationally as the Government intends."
These are:
1. 'Why should I pay more when I already pay the most?'
2. 'Why should I pay more when the service gets worse?'
3. 'Why should I pay when foreigners get to use the roads for free?'
Absolutely! But I'm sure that most operators would really like the FTA to take a more robust stand altogether against any sort of road pricing.
Comments (2)
FTA your wrong no one wants road charging your members earn about £7 to £14 per hour that makes you low paid so you want to price your own members off of the road, some organisation!
Posted by Stephen Harrison | February 18, 2007 3:02 PM
Posted on February 18, 2007 15:02
We at The Car Party are vehemently opposed to road pricing and congestion
charging, increasing the population of this country beyond acceptable levels
and the ever widening poverty gap between rich and poor are essential
political failures. Road pricing will see a rise in costs for no benefit,
people will move home, forcing the low paid into ghettos of high congestion
and road pricing areas whilst the rich will be able to enjoy the benefits of
increased unemployment and a lowering of customer services due to being
served by more cheap and mobile migrant workers.
Road pricing will bring about the social upheaval that The Friends Of The
Earth seek and the lower paid and working classes will pay the price for
academic meddling.
Re nationalizing the railways to escape the profit motive and allowing more
parking spaces and free public transport from a publicly owned transport
system is the way forward.
1.8 Million people have said No to road pricing it is unacceptable and The
Car Party has been formed to represent the majority motorist view.
Perhaps those who advocate such a scheme would prefer a means tested system
where only those earning say £30,000 plus should be allowed to own a car.
Should you wish to know more please call me on 01746 862293
Posted by Stephen Harrison | February 22, 2007 12:57 PM
Posted on February 22, 2007 12:57