David Barr wrote: > The problem with using taxes to refine behaviour is it principally affects > those on low incomes. Those with more disposable income will pay the tax, > will be pleased the "riff-raff" are off the streets and on the bus, and > happy the traffic is better. Politicans need to think more inventively > about using financial incentives to change behaviours. > > Anyway what's wrong with a traffic jam? (Oops shouldn't have said that!) If > we don't like them, we should change our behaviours and avoid them. But > somehow we don't, we sit it out, moan or become principled, and point > fingers at everyone else. Absolutely. The aim of road pricing is to tax the poor off the roads. Tim