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Well what will they think of next? In 2011 the Netherlands are going to introduce a charge per kilometer you drive on the highways. They had originally planned to have this in place by 2007 but it has since been postponed due to several factors.
Why they don't just increase the tax on petrol (gas) as this is already an indirect kilometer tax, with the added bonus of being an eco tax (for cars that drink a lot of fuel). Instead they are paying millions to put a system in place that monitors your highway movements. The truth of the matter is they dare not add any more tax to what is now one of (if not) the most expensive fuel in Europe, so they dreamt this one up
Anyway there is one upside to all of this, last month the parliament agreed (after much campaining by several Dutch Motorbike organisations), that motorbikes will be exempt from this tax
The main argument of the government to introduce this tax was to cut down the traffic jams, the main argument of the biking organisations was that as motorbikes can legally filter in the Netherlands they don't add to the traffic jam :thumbup:
Why they don't just increase the tax on petrol (gas) as this is already an indirect kilometer tax, with the added bonus of being an eco tax (for cars that drink a lot of fuel). Instead they are paying millions to put a system in place that monitors your highway movements. The truth of the matter is they dare not add any more tax to what is now one of (if not) the most expensive fuel in Europe, so they dreamt this one up
Anyway there is one upside to all of this, last month the parliament agreed (after much campaining by several Dutch Motorbike organisations), that motorbikes will be exempt from this tax
The main argument of the government to introduce this tax was to cut down the traffic jams, the main argument of the biking organisations was that as motorbikes can legally filter in the Netherlands they don't add to the traffic jam :thumbup: