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nits by the mil brigade on " free " track provided for I hauliers have an increasty hollow ring. Ever sinoa a ristry investigation 'showed I. commercial vehicles ptaid times in tax more than their ak coats, the gap between at they pay and what they has been widerirg.
summary just produced by British Road Federation we that the higher vehicle as imposed in the April Liget mean that road user ation in 1975/6 Will amount 'early £3,000m, compared Li £2,3390 in the past year; with total road expenditure the year at E-1,188m, taxation early three times the enditure.
know all the okl. arguments tat road user tax being part ;enema Treasury revenue, the road user still has to • it; and whereas the tonist has a choice, for the commercial operator lit is an inescapable oncost. In any case, It is a sobering thought that road taxes now amount to 12 per cent of the total tax revenue of the -reentry.