Interesting story on the BBC News website;
German road toll discriminates against foreigners - ECJ
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-48674703
Raises some interesting issues about the use of vignette tolls. I have sometimes wondered whether it would be possible to make foreign lorry drivers, for example, pay for a vignette to use the UK road network. However, I guess that this ECJ judgement might indicate that would not be possible? (At least whilst we remain in the EU.)
German road toll discriminates against foreigners - ECJ
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Re: German road toll discriminates against foreigners - ECJ
It appears from the article the issue is not the vignette.
As was the case in other countries that have adopted them, there needs to be vignettes of different lengths so usage is more pro rata.
As was the case in other countries that have adopted them, there needs to be vignettes of different lengths so usage is more pro rata.
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Re: German road toll discriminates against foreigners - ECJ
Foreign truck drivers do pay the HGV levy https://www.hgvlevy.service.gov.uk/ even ROI trucks passing through NI.SouthWest Philip wrote: ↑Tue Jun 18, 2019 21:48 Interesting story on the BBC News website;
German road toll discriminates against foreigners - ECJ
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-48674703
Raises some interesting issues about the use of vignette tolls. I have sometimes wondered whether it would be possible to make foreign lorry drivers, for example, pay for a vignette to use the UK road network. However, I guess that this ECJ judgement might indicate that would not be possible? (At least whilst we remain in the EU.)
For some reason, this does not seem to be well known, you often read of freeloading foreigner trucks.
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