Road tolling: not a popular notion among most British motorists. But this, along with a number of other ideas, is being considered by the Prime Minister in order to help de-congest the UK's roads, as well as deal with increasing demand.
Anyone who has taken their short term European cover out and headed off to France will know that toll roads already exist in other countries, and at least in the case of France, they are very good. But the idea has never been popular among UK drivers, not least because many believe they are already paying a great deal for the right to use a vehicle. Indeed, aside from the M6 toll road and toll charges for the Queen Elizabeth, Humber and Severn bridges, you won't find toll roads in this country.
Crucially, the PM pointed out that any new tolls would only be created for new roads - not for existing capacity.
But at a time when the government appears to be privatising much of the nation's services and infrastructure, or at least arguably paving the way for them to occur (some would point at the NHS here), some might ask if such a blanket approach to running the nation (or getting less-accountable firms do it for them) is the best way forward. Certainly, if being able to get to work on time eventually compels the average driver to pay a road toll - in addition to petrol, insurance and maintenance - it might not go down too well with the car-driving section of the electorate.