The idea
Vehicle Excise Duty is a tax on vehicle ownership rather than use and should be scrapped.
Why is it important?
Vehicle Excise Duty is basically unfair as it penalises ownership rather than actual use of a vehicle. A much fairer system would be to recoup the tax through the fuel levy.
This would save money from administration and enforcement as there would be no licence to issue or evade.
Those who drive the most polluting vehicles would pay more than those who drive greener more fuel efficient vehicles so the environmental issue would be addressed.