The price of driving could now increase by an even greater extent. Along with the price of car insurance premiums, rising by six per cent, the government's incentive to add a 'pay-as-you- drive' scheme to the London roads could see drivers pushed to their limit.

The scheme is under proposal and would see the drivers having to pay £1.30 per mile on motorways, during peak periods on the busiest roads.

The trials are set to being in 2010, in eight spots which are Leeds, North Yorkshire, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, south west London, Suffolk and Essex. A satellite which will track the distanced travelled by vehicles, on a weekly basis and the bill will be sent to them, if they travel on the busier roads.

Theresa Villiers, the shadow secretary for Ruth Kelly, spoke out in regards to the Transport Minister. Speaking on Ruth Kelly, she said: "[She should] start listening to drivers and scrap these pilots for a scheme that is unnecessary and unwanted."