New pay-per-mile car tax bands mean drivers aged 70 and over charged £249
New pay-per-mile car tax bands mean drivers aged 70 and over will be charged £249. At a 15p per mile level, which traffic experts have hinted could be introduced by the new Labour Party government and Chancellor Rachel Reeves, older motorists would pay £249.
That's based on the average 2,000 and more mileage older drivers aged 70 and over are doing. To stay on the roads at that age, The DVLA will send you a D46P application form 90 days before your 70th birthday, and then every three years afterwards.
Complete the form and return it to the DVLA.If you haven’t got the D46P form, you can use a ‘D1 application for a driving licence form’, which you can pick up from a Post Office. Once the DVLA is in receipt of your completed application, you may drive while the application is processed.
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Chairman, Edmund King, stated post-COVID-19 lockdown in 2020 that “The time is right [for road pricing] because people are out there and they themselves see the benefits of walking and cycling and running”. The motoring association says that in light of the current cost of living crisis, such a levy would be “difficult to introduce” at this present time.
"If in the future a system is introduced, it must have incentives for those dependent on their cars in rural areas, disabled drivers, and shift workers,” King told Auto Express. “The scheme should be overseen by an independent body and should not aim to raise more revenue than is currently raised from drivers.”
Ms Reeves will give her Autumn Statement on October 30. The Confederation of Passenger Transport, which represents bus and coach operators, said “pay-as-you-go” taxation would help the UK meet net zero carbon targets and help curb congestion.
Previous governments have had to back away from the idea of pay-per-mile or road charging schemes as politically toxic.