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ba humbug brighton council
datalas:
It's going to be a begger to enforce, and it's going to cost a fortune too, the question is (or perhaps should be) will the additional effort required to legislate, implement and enforce this offset the reduction in carbon (well, the theoretical reduction) that is gained ?
Anyhow, considering that it is all relatively little amounts we're talking about here who really cares? Most of us I would think would rather avoid living in an inner city area, specifically one with on road parking.. oh look, another reason to not move to brighton :)
Evilgoat:
--- Quote from: "datalas" ---It's going to be a begger to enforce, and it's going to cost a fortune too, the question is (or perhaps should be) will the additional effort required to legislate, implement and enforce this offset the reduction in carbon (well, the theoretical reduction) that is gained ?
Anyhow, considering that it is all relatively little amounts we're talking about here who really cares? Most of us I would think would rather avoid living in an inner city area, specifically one with on road parking.. oh look, another reason to not move to brighton :)
--- End quote ---
Yes but the council in question are the same one that make the parking signs as ambiguous as possible, then ticket you because you were parked on the wronmg side of the road during the waxing of the moon on the 4th tuesday of the month.
Two £60 fines because of their stupid signs :( Parking is impossible round that way and this is just another way of reducing the number of cars they have to worry about.
blackbob:
sent emails to local rag and radio to try and arrange a slow drive around brighton in protest
:D
waiting for replys
datalas:
As I say these appear to be inner city residential parking passes ... so the questions are ...
1) do the residential parking permits currently have vehicle specific data on them ? such as the registration of the vehicle in question. If so, how do you cope with people changing cars, or loaning the permit to someone who is staying at their house whilst they are on holiday.
2) furnished with #1, you'll have to employ some poor schmuck to trawl though the database of vehicles with the DVLA to ascertain CO2 emissions for each and every parking permit application.
3) alternative to #2 you could ask for this data on the application form, however this is rather open to abuse.
4) Are parking officers really going to be reading registration plates to see if they tie up with the one in the windscreen ?
Or, shall we go down the patented "darranoid" view of this, and the vehicle tracking charges ?
The scheme will be investigated, at great cost to the tax payer with frequent tabloid headlines about the potential impact (financially) to the motorist. These costs will equate to say a 50% rise on what you effectively pay at present, some people will be better off, but the vast majority will be sufficiently narked to the tune of a shed load of cash.
The scheme will then be abandoned as it has proven to be "too costly" to implement, or "technologically unachievable in the current climate", and therefor the institution responsible will completely back down on the potential 50% rise in fees, and instead suggest a much simpler policy of merely increasing road tax / fuel duty, which only costs your average punter say 15% more than they're paying now.
Overjoyed at being spared a 50% price hike in favour of a 15% price hike, the population throws a spontaneous street party whilst the institution hands knighthoods and peerages to all involved and then randomly invades somewhere with the word "stan" in the name...
Tailendcharley:
:) :) Blimey.....I own/drive a people carrier and a 4 x 4....I'm never going to Brighton (Not that I ever was because of another issue)...permanent residency in my cottage in France is getting nearer and nearer......... :lol: :lol:
:) :) Terry (future French resident) Smith :wink: :wink:
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