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On the other hand, there are other arguments to this. One is; the more you drive, the more you pollute, and the more pollute, the more you should have to pay. However, this still does not seem fair to those who live far from their places of work (E-petitions, 2007).
Another major concern with implementing 'Pay as You Go' is liberty. Everyone will be tracked, and the government will be able to determine where a driver has been. Generally, people are not keen on having a government organisation have records of where they travel (Pay-as-you-go' road charge plan, 2005). On the other hand, it is a good way of knowing where a car has been in case there is need to investigate a crime. Authorities might find it easier to investigate crimes if they are allowed make use of such recorded data. Besides, isn't this tracker system similar to what is implemented to track stolen cars?
Regardless of the liberty issue with 'Pay as You Go' being implemented, it is still a great concern for many who have no choice but to travel long distances to work. Also, lifestyles of people will certainly be impacted; people will have to think twice about going out for a drive when they want to breathe some air. Visitors of main cities would probably have to pay more for certain areas they want to visit, may discourage traveling to cities. In general, it is people who want to travel more and see places within their own city that area likely to be most affected. When one considers the large number of low-income individuals who will be impacted significantly for traveling for leisure purposes, perhaps a variation of this scheme could be implemented to suit the economic bracket people fall under. Perhaps, the scheme would need to consider aspects like how much a car owner earns and what size of family s/he looks after, just to be fair.

References:

E-petitions. (2007). http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax/
Gateway users say no to pay as you go road tax (2007, March 22). http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=1643
McGoldrick, J. (2007, Feb. 20). On the Wrong Track. http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/john_mcgoldrick/2007/02/those_of_us_who_oppose.html
Millward, D. (2007, April 7). Transport Correspondent. Road charges equipment introduced by stealth. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/04/07/nroads07.xml
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