Drivers who do 10k miles a year 'face new £1,500 charge'

A pay-per-mile charge — rumored at up to 15p per mile — could land average drivers with £1,050 a year for 7k miles and £1,500 for 10k. Cue the comment section going full soap opera. Privacy hawks warn this will become “track your car 24/7” territory, with one user calling it a “surveillance disaster.” Fairness fighters from the countryside say this punishes people who can’t avoid long drives, dropping a now-viral joke: “Sorry kids, we can’t visit grandma — we hit our mileage quota.” Meanwhile, pragmatists clap back: petrol taxes are dying because of electric cars, so charging by distance is the only fix, unless you want tolls everywhere. Tech fans smell money, predicting an odometer-monitoring boom and “smart boxes” in every car. The community is split three ways: some want charges tied to mileage + vehicle weight (because heavy cars chew up roads), some fear Big Brother odometers, and others insist the title is misleading — it’s not a random fee, it’s replacing fuel duty. The memes are flying (“Grandma Tax,” “Big Brother Odometer”), and links like this are getting passed around. With an announcement possibly landing in November’s Budget, the vibe is: wallets out, trust low, drama high.