Would that not punish rural dwellers? I am not disagreeing though even though my fuel bill is in the region of £110 a week, if everybody paid it then I may even be better off.
Is that 755,000 any more than it was with the previous system.
Yes, according to the article, or at least more than it was immediately before. I suspect it might have got higher briefly before the police had automatic number plate checkers but I've not checked the historical estimates.
I doubt it would necessarily punish rural dwellers disproportionately - for example, the petrol station in the next village to me is as cheap as any in the borough - but there might be some specific cases which would need some intervention to prevent hardship until the system adjusts. I suspect it's the low-mpg suburbia drivers who would pay most, but they're arguably the ones who should, as they've often more access than villagers to local services and mass transport but choose to drive to schools in other districts, to shops on the edge of town and so on.
