It’s also worth noting that in the UK it’s explicitly not called “road tax”. It’s the snappily titled Vehicle Excise Duty, VED. That was changed in 1937 to st

It’s also worth noting that in the UK it’s explicitly not called “road tax”. It’s the snappily titled Vehicle Excise Duty, VED. That was changed in 1937 to stop drivers assuming it gave them more right to use the road than anyone else. The roads here were not built for cars, cars just use them.