In relation to your interviews with the transport spokesmen of the three main political parties and their views on national road pricing (January 7), I would say that in terms of votes, road pricing is virtually a political death warrant.

Whatever they say about reducing fuel and road tax to compensate, no one is going to believe that any Chancellor will be able to resist taking extra money from motorists or transport operators, particularly if the tax is partially hidden and given a green environmentally-friendly sticker.

The technology already exists and works and it can easily be tied in with ISA (intelligent speed adaptation), which stops drivers from speeding, and average speed limits.

It can automatically fine drivers who do so, getting even more money for the Treasury.

It may not be very reliable yet and there is plenty of scope for another Government technology disaster, but road pricing has been done on the autobahns in Germany, although even the Germans had problems!

The question is, should we be opposed to it?

A road pricing system could reduce mileage driven, carbon emissions and congestion and make the roads safer and more pleasant.

It could also reduce or remove the competitive advantage that foreign registered trucks have when operating in the UK and, maybe, even force foreign drivers to abide by the drivers’ hours rules.

But can we trust any Government not to use road pricing as a way of squeezing every last penny it can out of us?

Having read all the stories in the papers about the “dodgy dossier” and having in mind how broke the Government is, and the problems which will face whoever is in charge next summer, I very much doubt it.

Edward Handley, WRRS Consultancy

Has anyone else suffered from the new system that Transport for London (TfL) adopted in November?

We recently received our latest invoice, which is for two months.

After checking our ad hoc charges we found that we have been charged for one vehicle 10 times for one day and the same the next day.

On our automated bill another vehicle has been charged four times in one day and again the same for the next day.

Before Christmas we had six vehicles removed from our account and the first we knew of this was when we received penalty charges from our leasing company.

Any queries by phone are answered with a message that you have to email and that it will take up to 10 days to receive an answer. 

If you ask when problems with this new system will be resolved and work correctly, no-one seems to be able to answer.

As a company spending around £4,000 a month on the London congestion charge, I feel we should receive far better answers than we have got so far.

Come on Boris, sort it out.

I recommend that any company with an account with TfL checks their invoices carefully.

Mick Holderness