National - FFS!

[iceman]

And now we have Taxinda complaining about the petrol companies and their 3-4c per litre while she takes 120c and increasing

[fungus pudding]

And now we have Taxinda complaining about the petrol companies and their 3-4c per litre while she takes 120c and increasing

Fair enough. It does get spent on the motorist. It's effectively a user pays system and possibly the best way of funding the work that it does. The alternatives are to fund through the consolidated fund - which would mean higher taxes all round - or neglect the roading infrastructure.

[iceman]

Fair enough. It does get spent on the motorist. It's effectively a user pays system and possibly the best way of funding the work that it does. The alternatives are to fund through the consolidated fund - which would mean higher taxes all round - or neglect the roading infrastructure.

Agree FP. I don't have any problems with any form of fair road user charges to pay for infrastructure. My comment was about her mischievously attacking the fuel companies while she leads a Government that takes the lion's share of fuel costs and continually increase it.
Not so sure a fuel levy will be the go for much longer though with increased use of EVs that pay nothing and needs to change..

Meantime I'm happy personally with my hybrid and how little I pay !! Not very fair though.

[fungus pudding]

Agree FP. I don't have any problems with any form of fair road user charges to pay for infrastructure. My comment was about her mischievously attacking the fuel companies while she leads a Government that takes the lion's share of fuel costs and continually increase it.
Not so sure a fuel levy will be the go for much longer though with increased use of EVs that pay nothing and needs to change..

Meantime I'm happy personally with my hybrid and how little I pay !! Not very fair though.

Yes. Will eventually have to change. I'm all in favour of scanners that read your vehicle and make some roads dearer than others, then just bill you monthly. That technology is on the way.

[kiora]

That technology is here
https://www.nzta.govt.nz/roads-and-r...tolling-works/

[fungus pudding]

That technology is here
https://www.nzta.govt.nz/roads-and-r...tolling-works/

That's just camera technology. Scanners built into each road to record the bar code on the vehicle's underside is where this will end up.

[westerly]

Simon Bridges building bridges with the China C.P. along with Gerry Brownlee and Yang Jiang. ?

https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/natio...Npl?li=BBqdg4K

westerly