>>those who simply prize the flexibility that cars provide.........
...........can pay for it.
Make the congestion charge in London £200 per day, make it apply to residents, give those [very few] who need exemption a pass.
Tax t.f. out of more polluting vehicles.
>> Families, pensioners, those who live far from stations or bus routes,
They're using parking permits in rural villages where people have no other parking choices?
Clear cars off the road using parking permits - brilliant idea. More power...
>>People do not drive because it is inexpensive relative to other forms of transport
Yes they do.
>>but because it is the only practical way of getting around
That is "practical" spelled "convenient", I assume?
>> my fear is that the target of switching the country to electric vehicles will become, year-by-year, an effective ban on other types of engine as the financial cost of using them increases
That is not my fear, that is my hope.
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