Road pricing and kilometer charge, do you remember these terms? It has been in the air since the 1980s, but it should really start to happen from 2030. The cabinet has announced more details about the roll-out of the bill. What will happen between 2023 and 2030? What costs are associated with driving? And what important questions are still unanswered?
What is billing?
The term ‘road pricing’ was used for the first time in the 1980s. Since then it has often been on the political agenda, but from 2030 it must actually happen. The cabinet is working on the law ‘Pay according to use’ (BnG). Simply put, the fixed costs incurred by car owners must make way for variable costs. Motor vehicle and purchase tax (bpm) will probably disappear and motorists pay a fixed amount per kilometer driven. It is not the possession of a car, but the use of it that becomes decisive.
Why does the government still opt for road pricing?
The government has 2 reasons to implement road pricing after all. Firstly, the intention is that no new fuel and diesel cars will come onto the market by 2030. Because these cars will have to make way for electric variants in the coming years. But if you have an electric car, you do not pay fuel duty and less bpm. As a result, the government misses out on tax revenue, which they want to earn back through the introduction of road pricing. And secondly, the cabinet hopes that car owners will use their cars more economically, because it will become more expensive to make more kilometres. In this way, the total CO2 emissions must be reduced.
What will car owners pay from 2030?
The more you drive, the more you pay once the law comes into effect. According to, among others from US the rate is probably between 0.07 and 0.08 euros per kilometer. This applies to all roads in the Netherlands, at any time of the day. Whether you take the car during peak hours or outside, the price per kilometer remains the same. Even if you go on holiday abroad by car, you pay per kilometer driven.
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Which bottlenecks are still there?
But there are also a number of uncertainties about road pricing. For example, who keeps track of how many kilometers you make, at home and abroad? And how much you have to pay for this? Is your privacy guaranteed? There should be more clarity about this in the course of 2023.
There is also the question of whether the same rate will apply to every car. Or do you pay less if you have an electric car, instead of a fuel or diesel car? Will the weight of your car affect the rate per kilometer? Are low-income car owners spared? And what about delivery vans, for the packages we order en masse? This topic also requires further research.
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What remains to be done before the introduction of road pricing?
In short: road pricing will come anyway, but there are still a few important questions that are still open. And you can help find the answers. The so-called internet consultation will start in the summer of 2023, in which citizens and companies can make recommendations and suggestions for improvement for legislative proposals. As soon as the subject of ‘road pricing’ appears on this websiteyou have 4 weeks to respond.
In addition, the bill still has to be passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate. This should happen in 2024 and 2025. Once it is clear how road pricing will work in practice, there will be a transition phase of a few years, probably between 2026 and 2030. The parties involved will have to adapt their systems to the new rules, just as is the case with the new pension law. . If everything goes according to plan, motorists will actually pay per kilometer driven from 2030 onwards.
(Source: National Government, ANP, NOS, RTL Nieuws, BNR Nieuwsradio, Internetconsultatie.nl, ANWB. Photo: Shutterstock)
2023-06-28 04:04:22
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