topshot_2k
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why not ged rid of road tax? increase fuel tax.
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luisa
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quote:
Originally posted by All Torque
Why don't cyclists pay raod tax?
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because they dont pollute the roads and i can hardly seem them doing much if any damage at all!
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All Torque
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Ban de-cat?
Theres still a lot of lorries, buses and cars used today that were built before 1993 
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All Torque
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quote:
Originally posted by luisa
quote:
Originally posted by All Torque
Why don't cyclists pay raod tax?
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because they dont pollute the roads and i can hardly seem them doing much if any damage at all!
TBH I was joking but we pay road tax for the privilage of using the roads, they should too, or at least have insurance.
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topshot_2k
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thats my point, cant single out 2litre + when there are 1960 2.5litres out there.
Just scrap thw whole bloody thing
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All Torque
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If road tax bothers you then buy a pre 1974 car 
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topshot_2k
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does it not bother you then? if we paid it as petrol tax then surely it would be fair? more you use more you pay. No need for fancy boxes etc.
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All Torque
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Thats the way I'd hope for, topshot.
Fuck paying 190 on road tax to drive once a week when some people pay the same to drive 7 days a week.
I would'nt drive for fuck if it cost £1.50 a litre.
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topshot_2k
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yes, i drive 3 miles a day to work each way yet i pay nearly £200 a year. A similar car that lives say 30miles away drives in and yet pays the same amount of road tax as me??
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All Torque
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Although I am in favour of car sharing and using car sharing lanes. Thats an idea to cut polution/congestion 
Tax the fuck out of buses and lorries that drive with no load. [/Even more controversy]
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gianluigi
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Having thought about this on the tube to watch the football last night this is an obvious Labour anti spin leak which they've done numerous times in the past. Accidentally leak details of an outrageous plan that gets everybody up in arms, then they do something not quite as bad and everyone goes "oh look they listened to us aren't they good". Then New Labour sit and snigger at how clever they are.
What they are far more likely to do is just implement 'congestion charging' (otherwise known as city driving tax) in most cities around the UK and use London as a shinning example, even if the west extension does indeed increase congestion..... This would be far easier for them logistically as a model already exists, the Number Plate recognition system is already working and the system has been proved to bring in cash, which lets be honest is all the money grabbing socialists are up to.
Regards
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All Torque
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Congestion charge?
Do as JC said on topgear and run 1% of your car's power on a battery and the other 99% on fuel 
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jay kay
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The motorist is already soo highly taxed
Fuel Duty - the more you drive the more petrol you use the more you pay. The tax on fuel has already nearly doubled from 39p in 1995 to just over 60p in 2005. Only a fraction of the money paid by motorists in tax is used to improve roads.
if they reduce tax on fuel or remove it all toghether i would glady pay the road pricing. But thats not the case.
[Edited on 08-02-2007 by jay kay]
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