Almost half of those surveyed would support replacing fuel duty and vehicle excise duty with a pay-as-you-drive scheme, and less than a fifth oppose the idea, according to a new report from Campaign for Better Transport.
‘Pay-as-you-drive: the British public’s views on vehicle taxation reform’ examined over 3,000 UK adults’ views on road pricing and found that three out of five people believe vehicle taxation needs reforming.
Paul Tuohy, Chief Executive of Campaign for Better Transport, said: “The need to reform vehicle taxation is becoming increasingly clear as we rightly move away from petrol and diesel vehicles in order to tackle climate change. What this research shows is that road pricing, far from being an unacceptable concept to the public, is in fact one that the majority of people believe can be implemented fairly and could in fact save most drivers money.”
