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The RAC is urging motorists to leave their vehicles at home this Christmas rather than risk wrecking lives.
The RAC is urging motorists to leave their vehicles at home this Christmas rather than risk wrecking lives.
Motorists suffer December Monday morning flat battery frustration Monday mornings are always manic but finding you’ve got a flat battery because you’ve left your car lights on is the worst possible start to any week.
RAC technical director David Bizley said: “The Chancellor had little option but to listen to the voice of British motorists and businesses and scrap the 3p fuel duty rise planned for January otherwise he would have faced a national outcry.
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RAC technical director David Bizley said: “Every penny off fuel makes a difference for motorists – but what we need now is for other retailers to follow their lead. Our members are telling us that the price of fuel is having a negative impact on their lives as they are cutting social and family journeys in an effort to save money.
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RAC technical director David Bizley says: “Any increase in fuel duty is likely to be the final straw for drivers who are already struggling to put fuel in their cars as demonstrated last month when petrol sales for the first half of 2012 showed 2 billion fewer litres of fuel were bought compared to the same period before the recession in 2008.
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RAC technical director David Bizley says: “We believe this is a hugely unfair system, particularly for people who only use the motorway system very occasionally as they would pay exactly the same as someone who uses the motorway to get to work every day. It would also inevitably create more traffic on other roads especially around motorway junctions and on roads that run parallel to motorways.
The CBI’s proposals to remove the English road network from the Government budget will stimulate the debate to find a solution to easing congestion in the long term, but it’s critical not to overlook the views of motorists, warns the RAC.
RAC is today voicing its opposition to new proposals to replace vehicle excise duty with a one-off emissions charge on new cars.