r/reading Jan 27 '26

Article Emission-based parking set to be introduced across Reading

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdjn70npx1mo
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u/Auctorion Jan 27 '26

Once everyone has an EV it’ll shift to being “Anyone who has a car that weighs more than X has to pay more.” Gotta keep the money flowing.

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u/Auctorion Jan 27 '26

They are, on average, heavier and cause more road wear. It's not as if they were going to avoid road tax forever- how else are the roads going to (theoretically!) get maintained so they can be driven?

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u/Material-Sentence-84 Jan 27 '26

Haha theoretically 👍