Easy for you to say Vijay, living in London as you do with its superior public transport

Try living in rural Sussex, where it takes an *hour and a half* to go 5 miles on the bus to the next village where I work. If there were a regular bus every 15 minutes I would happily ditch the car for my work journey.

Without decent *national* public transport all the Road Pricing scheme will do is make money for the government and apply the squeeze to the poorest in our society.

local, sussex, sussex

Nothing like democracy to push a bill through. Also the fact that the UK has the most watched, recorded and tracked citizens in the world is a growing cause for concern. Now they will track our car journeys?? There is a real issue here as to whether or not these or other measures really make our lives or environment any better and the results presented thus far would indicate not. The real benefit is cash generation and control all of which makes the UK a less attractive place to be.

John, london, UK

We are already paying to drive per mile, its called fuel tax. The more you drive, the more you pay. This is nothing to do with reducing congestion or reducing carbon emmisions, its simply another tax on an easy target, the motorist.

Paul, London, UK

GOOD. That is the one of the way to make people to use the car least. Government should have stricter regulations otherwise it will not be possible to control global warming. upcourse it is hard to digest . but we should digest for the sake of future generations.

Vijay, LONDON, UK

Thisis a a complete stealth tax. The public outcry was completely ignored - hardly democratic!

Are we to be believe it will any different when the legislation is considered later on?

Instead of increasing taxes, the government should invest in the transport network, as it promised to on election.

All drivers will suffer as a result of these plans but none more so than drivers of commercial vehicles, who do not have a choice over where and when they drive.

No commercial vehicle would make a non-essential journey, but how will they be compensated for the further taxation for making essential journeys?”

Where and how will the capital raised from these local projects be spent? What measures will be put in place to ensure transparent accounting procedures? How will they collect the taxes of foreign vehicles operating around this country? So many unanswered questions - a complete disgrace!

Adrian Elmer, Hemel Hempstead, UK

Plain crazy, I cannot get to work by public transport, pay high parking charges plus taxes on fuel, road fund licence, how am I to live if my 150 miles per week to get to work are additionally taxed? Any pension funds are swallowed up by motoring costs. Motoring accounts for far too much of my income already, Millions more will be affected and bankruptcies rise. People will leave this over taxed, over regulated country in droves. MP's lead a very sheltered life while we pick up their expensive tabs!!! REVOLT - YES PLEASE

Marion Evans, Sutton, UK

No we should not, this is just a spy in the sky and quite frankly in my opion its about time we had an armed revolution in this country and took it back from the ruling upper class who are so out of touch with the nation that they have lost any madate to rule.

I will not live in "1984" and am sick to death of my labour MP just plain ingoring any concernse I may have.

I have now writen to her 28 times, all of which have been ingnored not even a "thanks for your letter" response.

Mr W B Jones, Liverpool, UK

Assuming it were accurate enough, the inside lane of a motorway could be priced cheaper than the other two lanes. Maybe then some people might actually drive on it for a change.

Simon Reeves, Uxbridge, UK

Road charges has nothing to do with congestion or helping the environment - it's about the government being able to source an alternative revenue stream from every driver regardless of age, make of car or distance that they drive. If congestion is such a problem in relation to the evironment, why not tackle the problem at source - convert cars to eco-friendly fuels such as rapeseed oil.
Road charges are supposed to encourage drivers to switch to public transport. Where I live (near Lincoln), there is no realistic alternative to driving as my work is based externally of the city centre and therefore there is no public transport. If i was paying £1 per mile, my weekly commuting costs would skyrocket from around £25 per week to £40 PER DAY before petrol and tax costs!
In conclusion, road pricing is not a viable option for anywhere outside of a major city centre such as London or Manchester - and especially not within remote country areas such as Lincolnshire.

Tim Hughes, Lincoln, Lincolnshire

Big brother gone wild, this government is enough of a nanny without having a tagging system on all drivers which is basically what this is. My movements are no ones business but mine and this system would be a serious invasion of my privacy.

Mari, Brechin, Scotland

So not only are we being forced to take our own rubbish to ther tip, we are now going to have to pay for the priviledge!

Brenda Avery, Fareham, Hants

Road pricing should be the most effective self-inflicted wound, to finally crush Britain's economy. No-one will be able to travel more than single digit miles to work. Every item transported will drastically increase in cost. Every company will experience massive staffing problems as people have to leave jobs now deemed too far from home (live in Milton Keynes, work in Watford will cost you £15,000 per year, NET). Mind, I'm a recruiter who lives close to the office, what do I care.

EyeSee, MK,