Checking how much I now pay for Road Tax

john curzon · 2022-11-16T19:07:51+00:00

My 2002 corolla 1.6 L road tax shot up to £265 a year recently.My Neighbour has a 2005 2.0 litre diesel jaguar. He tells me he pays less than that with his road tax. Is he winding me up or what is the way i can find if DVLA aare charging me the right amount. Thanks

Dave Plowman (News 3 years ago

The VED is based on CO2 output. Basically, you pay more the larger the engine. With diesels getting the best of the deal.

The ULEZ introduced a couple of years ago is based on harmful emissions - like CO and NOX etc. Which IIRC are measured as a percentage of all exhaust gasses - so not penalising larger engines like the VED.

Interesting point. There was consultation before the proposed extension of the ULEZ to all of London next year. 60% were against it but ignored. Of course. Since it is all about raising more money through charges and fines. The existing ULEZ has raised about 100m so far - the extended one will raise a great deal more, since PT isn't the same alterative outside the central part for many.

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Ian Jackson 3 years ago

In message snipped-for-privacy@davenoise.co.uk>, "Dave Plowman (News)" snipped-for-privacy@davenoise.co.uk> writes

If they're going to extend the ULEZ to all of London inside the M25, they're going to need one hell of a lot more ANPR cameras to check all the vehicles.

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Tim+ 3 years ago

I guess one doesn’t need blanket coverage, just fines big enough to make people take notice. Also, how do you know they aren’t there already? We live in a surveillance society.

Tim

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D A Stocks 3 years ago

The zone already exists as the LEZ with camera enforcement for heavy diesel vehicles. There are gaps in the camera coverage on minor roads which will be filled with additional fixed cameras and/or selective spot checks with mobile cameras.

I would also expect to see some minor roads to be blocked altogether creating new 'Low Traffic Neighbourhoods' and forcing traffic entering the zone to pass cameras on nearby major roads.

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