Motoring organisation ANWB is to poll its four million members on the government’s plans to introduce a new kilometer tax on motoring before deciding whether to give its backing to the plan.

The ANWB’s support is seen as crucial to the success of the new tax, which will be introduced in 2012. Transport minister Camiel Eurlings said when he launched the plan last year that it would fail without wide popular backing.
If the new tax goes ahead, all cars will be fitted with a gps satellite monitoring device to track their movements. Drivers will get a monthly bill. Eurlings says most motorists will be better off under the new system.
In a poll of DutchNews.nl readers last year, 43.5% said the new tax would be an infringement of privacy and 26.6% a new source of government income. Only 21% said the tax was a great idea or good way to reduce jams.