Now why does this not surprise me?

[macdad]

:Quote...Theoretically the on-board units could be used to detect whether a driver has exceeded the speed limit. Ministers have said that they would not be used for that purpose.
Yeah right..and we really believe you don't we.

[craigbarlow18]

if this comes in its the final straw in me and my mrs's eyes we WILL be moving to another country.

YET ANOTHER BRITISH RIP OFF GRRRR

[Ste]

If it is a passive receiver, then could it be blocked by some device, and if so how would that be detected?
Or could the unit be removed from the car and left in the garage - hereby causing no charge to be accrued?

In - sane and it would be political suicide for any government to introduce it. Remember Labours unilateral nuclear disarmament plan of the 80's? - it made them unelectable for years. So they had to wait until the 90's and 00's to screw the country over.

[MalcGSI]

personally i do less than 10k a year, so this may well be cheaper for me.

But nothing has been mentioned about reducing any of the other taxes on the motorist, so may not be cheaper after all.

[Karl]

Have you been abroad for a few years then Karl? It WENT to the dogs years ago, funnily enough, not that long after the current Government came to power

I think Canada and the US are more and more looking like places to go, I would try Australia, but its just too hot there, lol.

I wonder if there is anywhere other than here (with maybe the exception of Iceland) that costs more? (with so little coming back to us by means of better standards etc)