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Template? - Germany - Road Charging Scheme for Europe
Berlin,Germany -Transport News Network (UK) -30 Aug 2006: -- Germany’s Ministry of Transport has predicted that its highly controversial road charging scheme LKW Maut, could be used as template for road charging across Europe... The system has what it takes to manage traffic and raise revenue without the need to build more roads... The German Ministry of Transport says it views road pricing as "an inevitable tool" for road management and the easing of pollution in countries around Europe... Since 2005, Toll Collect has been operating a charge system on behalf of the German Transport Ministry for trucks weighing 12 tonnes or more on what is the largest motorway network in Europe... The German scheme's introduction resulted in increased costs to the haulage industry of up to 8per cent... Although there were letters of protest at the start of the scheme, 322,000 German trucks and 180,000 vehicles registered outside Germany are now equipped with on-board units...* Hungary - Plans Road Charging for HGVs
Budapest,Hungary -Transport News Network (UK) -30 Aug 2006: -- The Economy and Transport Ministry wants to charge trucks weighing over 7.5 toness for using more than 50 of Hungary's main roads, most of them trans-border routes... Drivers avoiding the payment would face heavy fines and penalties would also be levied on drivers who make diversions from the main roads and use secondary roads... The plan, which is still awaiting approval, would be a base to introduce an electronic road toll payment system based on distance travelled rather than a fixed fee. The earliest date likely for introducing the electronic payment system is the start of 2008...
* UK - "Lorry Road User Charge: a debacle in the making"
London,UK -Transport News Network (UK) -30 Aug 2006: -- The Government's Lorry Road User Charge is a proposal to change the way that lorries are taxed... The idea is to charge a fee for every mile / kilometre that a lorry drives on UK roads... The reason for this scheme is to attract revenue from foreign trucks that use the UK roads and, at present, do not pay for this use... This paper suggests using standard Internet technology at a fraction of the cost of the Government’s over complex solution...
* Belgium - Europe's Cabotage Doubles
Brussels,Belgium --Transport News Network (UK) -30 Aug 2006: -- Cabotage conducted by foreign registered vehicles across Europe has grown dramatically since the relaxation of the associated regulations in 1998... Latest figures released through the European Commission show that there has been a 13% increase in one year in the level of cabotage being undertaken within the UK before foreign registered trucks head back across the water... Germany, Holland and Belgium are reportedly the most active 'caboteurs', accounting for just under half of the total cabotage performed across Europe. The UK is also the main target for cabotage carried out by hauliers coming in from Southern Ireland...
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