Satellite-based road tax in the Netherlands in 2011 {Autoblog Green}

May 6th 2008 1:19AM it is almost a kind of an April 1st joke. I live there, in the Netherlands, and I think it is about the tenth time they say there will be a system based on the kilometers you drive (which is fair anyway).

But next to the technical issues, sofar, it has always been the politicians themselvelves that made sure it is not going to happen. Over the past 10 elections this has been an issue and forming a government, which in this country, takes at least 3 parties to work together. Never ever they will agree on this subject because it will cost them votes as it did over the past 20 years. So yes, talking about it is oke, doing it....not done. Certainly not when the next planned elections are in 2010.