Examples of use of road charges
1. Discounted road tax and parking or exemptions from tolls and other road charges could be used to persuade motorists to switch.
2. Britain cannot afford the consequences of that coming to pass." Sun Editorial, June 6 "Will Mr Darling‘s road charges really cut traffic jams?
3. A pilot scheme designed to test satellite and microwave technology has already been backed by the government on roads around Leeds, with a group of volunteer motorists automatically billed for road charges.
4. East European lorries can work for two weeks in the UK on 1,500 litres of cheap fuel from Belgium without once filling up with expensive British diesel or paying tax or road charges.
5. Fears that road tolls will be introduced across the country were fuelled yesterday when Transport Secretary Douglas Alexander announced 7.5millon in funding for nine local authorities which are planning road charges.