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rekeningrijden

English translation: pay-as-you-drive, road-pricing, mileage or kilometer tax


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Dutch term or phrase:rekeningrijden
English translation:pay-as-you-drive, road-pricing, mileage or kilometer tax
Entered by: Jack den Haan
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14:12 Nov 15, 2009
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Automotive / Cars & Trucks
Dutch term or phrase: rekeningrijden
As in, taxation by keeping track of how much people use their car.
Emma Rault
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:55
pay-as-you-drive, road-pricing
Explanation:
ref: Grote Van Dale NE-EN


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Note added at 1 hr (2009-11-15 15:58:56 GMT)
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Hi Emma, considering the further context you gave I'd use road-pricing here.
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Jack den Haan
Netherlands
Local time: 03:55
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4 +5pay-as-you-drive, road-pricing
Jack den Haan
4Mileage taxErwin Postma PhD


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pay-as-you-drive, road-pricing


Explanation:
ref: Grote Van Dale NE-EN


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Note added at 1 hr (2009-11-15 15:58:56 GMT)
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Hi Emma, considering the further context you gave I'd use road-pricing here.

Jack den Haan
Netherlands
Local time: 03:55
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Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in EnglishEnglish
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agree  writeaway: without more context, we just have serve as two-legged dictionaries
11 mins
  -> Thanks, writeaway.
agree  Kate Hudson
38 mins
  -> Thanks, Kate.
agree  Textpertise: Road pricing killed off by Transport Secretary, Lord Adonis ... 24 Jun 2009 ... Plans to impose pay as you drive charges on every motorist in the country have been killed off by Lord Adonis, the new Transport Secretary. www.telegraph.co.uk
51 mins
  -> Thanks, Textpertise.
agree  L.J.Wessel van Leeuwen: would "road-usage pricing" not be more accurate?
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Wessel. Yes, 'road-usage pricing' would certainly be more accurate, but as far as I know the term is not as popular as 'road-pricing'.
agree  André Linsen: Pay as you drive is IMHO mostly used in insurance matters, so I'd go for road pricing. This includes congestions charge, road, tunnel and bridge toll etc. I've also come across "traffic charge" a couple of times.
4 hrs
  -> Thanks, lipabel. Given the further context (zie above), I'd go fo road-pricing too.
disagree  Erwin Postma PhD: As a general term, "road pricing" works, but I'd go for "Mileage/kilometre tax" (kilometerheffing) as that would be a more accurate reflection of this bill.
1 day2 hrs
  -> Sorry Erwin, but your suggestion would certainly not be a more accurate reflection of the bill involved. It's not just a matter of taxing distances, but also of taxing road usage at a particular time of day. That's the whole point of the bill ;-)
agree  Chris Hopley: used to be called a "toll", now known as "road pricing" ;-)
1 day7 hrs
  -> The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. [Ecclesiastes1:9]. Thanks, Chris ;-)
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1 day20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Mileage tax


Explanation:
I'm going to persist with 'mileage tax', in light of above rejection. Quote from question: "taxation by keeping track of how much people use their car". Road pricing involves charging for the use of specific roads at certain times (as in the London congestion charge), but the Dutch bill goes a lot further than that. It applies to everyone, everywhere, and always, not only during peak times. The official name of the bill is 'kilometerheffing', as 'rekeningrijden' was deemed to have a negative ring to it. And the idea is to get rid of taxation of car ownership and purchase, and shift the tax burden to car usage. UK national and local road pricing plans/schemes never involved scrapping taxation of car ownership. So as a way of adding that nuance to the general idea of road pricing, I'd use 'mileage tax'. The Dutch scheme charges a standard fee per kilometre, driven anywhere and anytime, and then there are surcharges for driving on busy roads and at peak times, but also for driving an older car, a big gas guzzler, or an otherwise less eco-friendly car. "Road pricing" or "toll" is IMHO too limited to cover the Dutch "rekeningrijden/kilometerheffing" idea. The point of the bill is not only to reduce congestion on certain roads, but also to do the environment a favour.

Erwin Postma PhD
Spain
Local time: 03:55
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Changes made by editors
Nov 29, 2009 - Changes made by Jack den Haan:
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Nov 15, 2009 - Changes made by writeaway:
FieldSocial Sciences => Bus/Financial


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