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Why are motorcycles not exempt from road tax?
The government claims to be wanting to discourage car usage so why don't they abolish road tax for motorcycles?
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i know the majority is in fuel. So if a bike is using less fuel then where would their share come from then?
If bikes are to be exempt its hardly fair to those with families, or are you expecting we fill mopeds up like the italians do? A couple of seats on the paniers of the fazer would do the job maybe :)
If bikes are to be exempt its hardly fair to those with families, or are you expecting we fill mopeds up like the italians do? A couple of seats on the paniers of the fazer would do the job maybe :)
If you want to stop congestion its simple for every car at an address increase the road tax. So car 1 gets taxed at todays level. 2nd car £1,000 3rd Car £5,000 etc then you still get personal choice.
I have a neighbour they have 4 cars - he works 6 miles away on a direct bus route only uses the car for work - she works about a mile away - 1st child walks to work - 2nd child works 3 miles away.
I have a neighbour they have 4 cars - he works 6 miles away on a direct bus route only uses the car for work - she works about a mile away - 1st child walks to work - 2nd child works 3 miles away.
not to mention how much we pay for cycle lanes like this http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8599140.stm
plus if they injure someone where is the insurance cover?
plus if they injure someone where is the insurance cover?
Geezer ... real incident that happened a few years ago ...
Motorbiker riding up dual carriageway.
Cyclist pulls out.
Biker has choice ... mow down clclist, or try to avoid.
Tries to avoid ... biker is thrown from bike, and breaks neck.
Paralysed for life.
Fed by nurses.
Taken to toilet by nurses.
Put to bed by nurses.
For the rest of his life.
Cyclist 100% at fault.
Cyclist is student, with no money. Not worth suing.
Biker didn't get a single penny compensation.
I knew the biker's parents.
Shortly afterwards, I insured myself for cycling on the road, and I still am insured.
NB. If the cyclist was a homeowner, or had a job, the biker would have sued him for several £100,000's and probably bankrupted him.
Moral ... NEVER cycle on the roads unless you are insured.
Motorbiker riding up dual carriageway.
Cyclist pulls out.
Biker has choice ... mow down clclist, or try to avoid.
Tries to avoid ... biker is thrown from bike, and breaks neck.
Paralysed for life.
Fed by nurses.
Taken to toilet by nurses.
Put to bed by nurses.
For the rest of his life.
Cyclist 100% at fault.
Cyclist is student, with no money. Not worth suing.
Biker didn't get a single penny compensation.
I knew the biker's parents.
Shortly afterwards, I insured myself for cycling on the road, and I still am insured.
NB. If the cyclist was a homeowner, or had a job, the biker would have sued him for several £100,000's and probably bankrupted him.
Moral ... NEVER cycle on the roads unless you are insured.
You do have a point to some degree geezer.
There is a current policy of discouraging gas guzzlers through road tax
But compare the current tax rate of only £50 a year for up to 600cc motor bikes and a top band of only £70 compared to the current top couple of bands for cars at £750 a year an £950 a year .
I think a number of car drivers will think you're being a bit cheeky asking for a full exemption
There is a current policy of discouraging gas guzzlers through road tax
But compare the current tax rate of only £50 a year for up to 600cc motor bikes and a top band of only £70 compared to the current top couple of bands for cars at £750 a year an £950 a year .
I think a number of car drivers will think you're being a bit cheeky asking for a full exemption
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Even if the reason for road tax was to discourage motorised road use, motorcycles use the road, and run on fuel, so abolishing the tax hardly serves the main purpose.
This sort of question is clearly posed in self interest. "Let me travel 'free', the rest of you can contribute to the public coffers instead."
Fact is that if there are too many vehicles then that is yet another symptom of too many people. Governments should not be hitting easy targets with the tax stick in a futile effort to compensate for their inability to discourage, rather than encourage population growth. They are supposed to serve not bully, not that you'd know it.
Citizen Smith had the right idea.
This sort of question is clearly posed in self interest. "Let me travel 'free', the rest of you can contribute to the public coffers instead."
Fact is that if there are too many vehicles then that is yet another symptom of too many people. Governments should not be hitting easy targets with the tax stick in a futile effort to compensate for their inability to discourage, rather than encourage population growth. They are supposed to serve not bully, not that you'd know it.
Citizen Smith had the right idea.
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