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Caravanners have `many years` before road pricing

A move from road tax to individual tolls for journeys is `inevitable`

Caravanners concerned by the prospect of road pricing making the journey to their favourite site more expensive should not worry.

The RAC Foundation has claimed that a move from road tax to individual tolls for journeys is “inevitable”.

However, the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) suggested that such a move would not occur for a long time.

IAM director of policy and research Neil Greig explained that while it would be a sensible step for the UK, it would be “many, many years” before such a policy is brought in.

According to the expert, the reason for this is that no government would be willing to deal with the fiscal impact of a changeover.

“The vast majority of taxes from car use go straight into general government spending now,” he said.

Mr Greig added that the imbalance between road tax and government spending on transport is something that no ruling party would be willing to forgo.