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  How do other countries operate their schemes? DFDS Seaways sells the Eurovignette on their vessels or they can be purchased in France on arrival from UK. As far as I'm aware the vignette can be purchased for a single day or as much as a whole year. There is no mileage limitation that I'm aware of (for Belgium at any rate). Germany has a different system that does relate to mileage and the point of entry and destination has to be declared. One hears stories of drivers being diverted from a recognised route (presumably by their companies) and suffering heavy fines as a result.
  
  The UK's main difficulty, as I see it, is not having any land borders! It stands to reason, therefore, that any road tax charges will either have to be levied in the port on arrival or in France prior to departure. On-line purchase would be a viable option too.
  
  I don't really see why HMG seems to think it would be difficult to administrate - just keep it simple. A UK registered truck will already have a tax disk, a foreign truck wouldn't so the driver must be able to display (or at least hold) some sort of ticket (vignette) that is valid for the period of his stay in UK. Hefty on-the-spot fines will soon get the message across - well it works over the water!!
  
  As for the Green stance on this issue; I sometime wonder what planet they're on. There is no way you can remove freight from the roads, even if you put a lot of it onto trains. You still need to move it around the country from the railheads!!

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