Car pollution, noise and accidents 'cost every EU citizen £600 a year' http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/dec/25...

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Car pollution, noise and accidents 'cost every EU citizen £600 a year'

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/dec/25/car-pollution-noise-accidents-eu

"Researchers challenge view that drivers are overtaxed, saying they are subsidised by other taxpayers"

"The study, The True Costs of Automobility, accepts that such calculations necessarily have an element of approximation but give an important overall picture. In a national breakdown it says UK drivers accounted for £48bn of costs, second only to Germany, or about £815 per person per year.
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Even if motoring taxes were taken into account there remains a significant shortfall in the UK. Fuel duty and its associated VAT along with vehicle excise duty contribute around £38bn a year to the Treasury's coffers, £10bn less than the estimated cost."

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