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I believe Jonathan Gullis couldn't find a job the whole time? Is there absolutely nothing he is able to do work wise? Guess you don't need to do any work in Reform though. Dream job for the lazy!

It's all a mess. Providing real time information shouldn't be something operators think doesn't need the appropriate resources to make work. It's a feature that could well make people never use a bus. Imagine if the railway couldn't show cancellations or adjusted stopping patterns and we just...

Saw this story on the BBC today, and while it's written specifically about issues with Stagecoach West in Banbury, it's the same issue all over - and one of the issues I've moaned about for years. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2d402lnw1o I'm quite interested to find out more about how...

Too many car makers opted to make big, heavy, expensive SUVs and sell them at crazy prices (such that you can now often get one less than a year old for 50% less, or lease deals that seemed impossibly cheap). China and some sensible car makers, like Renault, realised the need to produce cheaper...

That's nice for the people affording high end cars. Especially when EVs are getting cheaper so you might now be able to get an even bigger and heavier car....

Perhaps, I don't know. But would it go right back to the first ones? And would the car makers allow a software update to facilitate sending information to HMRC? Would they even support older cars by doing updates?

No, but my point was not all cars have the cellular connection. I don't think it's a requirement for all cars to have the means to call SOS or customer services, although many do. If it was, and there's nothing to say it couldn't be made so, then you'd be half way there. I do know that the car...

That's so poorly designed that I think there's a future career for this person/team to work on rebranding stations for GB Railway - or maybe making maps for National Rail..... :D

Did someone ask ChatGPT to create the map? Sponsored by Trip.com.

There's no standardised system for this though, so I can't see HMRC being able to negotiate with every car maker to have it send, securely, mileage data, VIN details and whatever else. Plus there are a number of cars that don't have the cellular connection, including a number of cars that only...

Some services that were cancelled en masse are in the process of being reinstated, but I think the rest of the day is pretty much going to be a write off.

Tying it in with insurance might be a good idea because, as you say, it does mean falsely declaring your mileage could have serious consequences (more so than simply being asked to pay a bit more next year). I am sure for a proper system to work, it needs every car to record mileage and...

The important thing is the weight of the ingredients because the manufacturer makes them in loads of different configurations. It's much like the chocolate multipacks where you may not notice some stores have lighter chocolate bars, or a bumper multibag might have 71 chocolates and another has...

I have no idea. It's like they came up with the idea (which has its merits) but didn't look into how they could implement it effectively, and possibly realised that installing hardware in every car would be expensive and problematic (unless other countries did the same, it would mean having to...

It doesn't help that HotUKDeals often posts Trip.com offers as 'hot deals' and this likely takes a lot of people to the site, who then discover that things aren't usually what they seem. A lot of people do comment after a while that it's likely a scam, but how many people read the comments -...

I was a little surprised when I read about the proposal for people to estimate usage in advance and declare it. I cannot see how that can possibly work. If you drive fewer miles you can claim back the next year, but many will see this as akin to energy suppliers taking money to build a credit...

I guess you could have a certain mileage allowance that is not charged, or work things on a sliding scale, but the whole idea is going to be full of issues and clocking will absolutely become a thing again. While I'm sure the software in an EV is encrypted, there are 100% going to be companies...

None of the money from VED is ringfenced for road maintenance anyway is it? It's all into one big pot, and in recent years there's probably less and less money going on maintenance (with the odd boost in cash to fix potholes when people get sufficiently outraged at the state of the roads). I...

Of course. Nobody could expect the Government to just willingly lose all that fuel duty income, but a per-mile charge seems somewhat unfair as it penalises those who have to drive and does little for those who have the money to drive all the time, while businesses will just put the extra cost...

Should we start the betting on this scheme being delayed or shelved ahead of the next election, when it not only proves unpopular and potentially unworkable but might even be used as some sort of deal sweetener by freezing a scheme that never actually started? There had to be a load of better...