Although there has been no clear signal from the government, some have suggested that a new from of road tax is being considered which would reduce congestion and environmental damage, but increase the tax for those who clock up more miles in their cars.
00:00Hello and welcome to People on the Street, my name's Theo and today I'm out on the streets of Manchester asking people about paper mile road tax.
00:07There have been rumours that the government are considering implementing what is called paper mile road tax,
00:12in that the more you drive over the course of the year, the higher your road tax is, with the idea of it reducing congestion.
00:18We want to know if people are on board with it and whether they think it's actually something that the government will implement.
00:23I mean driving is mostly out of necessity when you're doing it, like my dad drives from Salford to Stockport a few times a day for his office work.
00:31I don't drive myself, but you know, it's out of necessity, so being charged extra when it's something you need to do for work or education is a bit harsh.
00:41Well, it depends, like for example I'm a nurse, so the district nurses who are driving day in day out,
00:48they're going to really struggle because we already pay for parking at hospitals,
00:52we're getting charged there, so they're going to be getting charged for driving round to different houses.
00:56Are they exempt or are they also including in this road tax?
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