Researchers challenge view that drivers are overtaxed, saying they are subsidised by other taxpayers
The perennial complaint from drivers that they are excessively taxed has been challenged by a study which concludes that road accidents, pollution and noise connected to cars costs every EU citizen more than £600 a year.
The report by transport academics at the Dresden Technical University in Germany calculated that even with drivers' insurance contributions discounted these factors amounted to an annual total of €373bn (£303bn) across the 27 EU member states, or around 3% of the bloc's entire yearly GDP. This breaks down as €750 per man, woman and child.
See full Article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/dec/25/car-pollution-noise-accidents-eu
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