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Saaamon:
What system over there is considered to be the most favorable? Milage, day rate or tolls (or any others)?I think in general there are three systems:
- Toll Booths
- MAUT, Via Toll and other “german style” systems, when you affix some box to your windscreen and then when you drive through the purpose built gates it charges you automagically for distance covered
- Vignettes - when you pay for the time spent in the country.
Judging from that recently some countries that were using vignettes moved over to second system (Poland, Slovakia, I am not sure if Czech Republic as well) and that in several more countries truck pay per mile while cars pay per day, I would guess the second option is most favourable.
There is also option four, Norway, that reads the number plate with APNR and you have to pay, but since they cannot really get that money of you if you decide not to, propably the MAUT system is better…
I am driving small vans only in Europe, I think one of the “big” guys would be able to tell you more…
But since some other coutnries find the “per mile” system better than “per time”, I think it would be good to use the other countries experiences…
From the other hand, your road tax is “per time”, so it would be easier to unificate them two if you wont go for looking at the miles covered…
I don’t know, I think it is better late than never than Britain introduce this payments, but it should be done properly from day one, you lost enough of money already…
Cheers for writing that, found in very infomative.
Us brits have been to busy drinking tea while the rest of europe have been cracking on with things.