Road Competing with Railways.

I do not need to refer here, except in passing, to the petrol tax. In another place I joined in a protest; but the voice was raised not against the tax per se, but against the lack of policy behind it. To me it did not appear that its effects had been well considered, or that it was part of a co-ordinated plan. If designed to penalise the road users and to protect the railways, it will do neither. Generally speaking, the charge will be passed on (except in respect of page 5 pleasure cars) and the huge sum collected will be used to further improve highways and so intensify the competition against the railways.