The Dutch motoring organisation ANWB has been flooded with complaints from members about the government’s plans to introduce a kilometer tax and may drop its tentative support for the project, the AD reports on Wednesday.

The government wants to introduce a tax on every kilometer driven from 2012 and plans to scrap the tax on new cars to compensate drivers. It says most drivers will be better off under the new system.
During the transition period, the sales tax is being lowered and the traditional road tax increased. Road tax went up 6.4% in January and will increase again later this year.
Many ANWB members are furious and say the cost of driving is going up without compensation. The organisation, which gave an initial green light to the road tax, now says it is considering its position and may oppose the kilometer charge.
‘If we have to go through such a deep ravine to get there, the tax won’t happen at all,’ an ANWB spokesman told the AD. Transport minister Camiel Eurlings made it clear when he launched the plan last year that without broad popular support it will not happen.