HAIR-BRAINED, SHORT-SIGHTED BID TO BEAT THE CONGESTION

I am reaching the point of exasperation... and I know at least 1,000,000 others are too.

Has the government gone absolutely barmy? Do they really expect us all to ease into a pay-as-you-drive, penalise-you-per-mile system to combat congestion.

Oh they might reduce traffic levels, but they would also stifle business (small and large), maroon those who live in the country, persecute the elderly and restrict everyone's freedom.

This knee-jerk idea is hair-brained and short-sighted.
Why is it that all politicans can think of is taxing.

The trouble is that the money wouldn't even be spent on the roads! Only a small amount of the revenue accrued through car tax is used for the road system.

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While I would not condone it, I understand more and more why there is a cheat sub-culture, (and depending how much you've got, a super-culture), in this country.

More and more people are pushed towards it by restrictions and over-burdening taxes.

The government, while spouting on about benefit cheats, and fraudsters, ignores big time corporate tax avoidance, (and maybe evasion), loads those that can or will pay - that's you and me folks!

Those that are fed up with the taxes and ridiculous laws are getting out, to a better quality of life, somewhere sunny.

But back to the point. It is true we do have a congestion problem, but people are used to, and let's face it, entitled to, their freedoms.

Rather than trying to take them away by hitting their pockets, they have to think again. A good start, for example, would be an effective and heavily subsidised public transport system integrated with effective free park and ride schemes so that people would not need their cars so much.

If you are going to have in-car technology, rathere than using it to spyon and tax the motorist, it should relate to speed limiters - like F1 Grand Prix cars use when they come into the pits. These should be fitted to all cars and should automatically engage when a car enters a 30mph restricted zone.

Think again boys!