The new road tax on roads which have yet to be built angers many

The roads in most major cities yesterday were alive with the intense sound of hundreds of car horns. Drivers were not signalling to each other, but rather showing their dissapproval at the government policy of introducing a new road tax. In Warsaw drivers hooted as they passed the Cabinet Office. The idea of the protest came from the Civic Platform leaders who are strongly opposed to the government's plan. "One can treat this action as a public vote of no-confidence in Infrastructure Minister Marek Pol and the whole policy of putting new burdens on the public," said Donald Tusk, the Civic Platform deputy leader. "This is stealing money from our wallets," said an angry driver, which summed up the feelings of many. The idea to introduce a tax for using major roads was labeled as an idea taken out of a comic book said an official from the Automotive Industry Chamber of Commerce (PIM). The government wants drivers to pay zl. 180 a year for a car and zl. 270 to finance the construction of new roads. (Zycie, p. 1) A.D.