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Published Date: 28 April 2008
ALMOST 90 per cent of drivers do not trust the Government to deliver a fair system of road pricing, a survey of 17,500 AA members showed today.
Although 42 per cent of those questioned supported the principle of pay-as-you-go pricing, 86 per cent did not think the Government would keep its word over reductions in fuel duty or road tax if road pricing was introduced.

AA president Edmund King said: "Road pricing is unnecessary on most roads, unpopular and difficult to implement socially, politically, financially and practically."





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  • Last Updated: 28 April 2008 1:27 PM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Transport policy , Transport
 
 
  

 
 


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