Let me welcome you statesiders to the land of the 'milked' motorist. Over here in the UK we are experts in the art of being victims of government emascultion of car owners. We have to pay an annual 'Vehicle Excise Duty', this was introduced in nineteen canteen, with the avowed intent of using the monies raised to build newer and better roads, but then it was called Road Tax. This varies from about £90 pa for a small fuel efficent car to about £3000 pa for an LGV [Truck] Now they have abandoned all pretence of it being a predicated tax, and it just goes into the pot along with the income tax and the VAT [value added tax], and all the other fancy taxes.
Then you have the taxes we pay on road fuel, a gallon of fuel [UK gallon] costs about £4:50 [US $8:20 US] up here in the highlands, that is about 40% to the retailer/multi national fuel company, and 60% to the government in taxes, both VAT and Excise Duty in this case.
Now they are charging motorists to enter the centre of London £5 a day for cars, and they are buiding toll roads around big cities [Birmingham]
So all I can say is that it makes a chenge for you to follow us in this respect, rather than for us to follow you. Like into Iraq and all that crap.
Giok