There's a big shake up coming to the way we pay for our roads. The government wants to replace the petrol tax with electronic road user charges.
At the moment petrol users pay a fuel excise duty of about 70 cents a litre at the pump. But diesel, electric and heavy vehicles pay road user charges based on how far they travel.
Head of Advocacy for the motor industry lobby group the Motor Trade Association James McDowell joins talks to Mihingarangi Forbes about what this will mean for the average driver.
An example of a current road user charges permit. Photo: RNZ
