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Grumpyowl

Road Tax Why ?

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I know we need to pay taxes to keep the country running.
I wont start a debate were the money goes lol!

I'm going to tax my bike on April 1st £70
My wifes car a Smart cabrio 1.0turbo, my eldest daughter Fiat 500, my yougest daughter Fiat Panda all £30 each thats £90 for a year for 3 cars..

My bike is my summer toy I do a little over 2k a year yet costs nearly as much to tax as 3 cars.

I know I'm being nieve but IMO its time it was linked in with Fuel pump prices.
I do over 30k miles a year in my company car yet only pay about double the cost of road tax on my bike.
Its down to politics i know that 30/50p a litre on fuel or whatever the cost would be looks worse than having to pay for a tax disc (all smoke and mirrors)
But surely its time to pay on usage ??
And it would put an end to the Tax dodgers..

Rant over no1

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yeah chuffing extortion mate, my bikes are my only transport and it just keeps going up.

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A bit of a side issue is why we actually need tax discs, the Police and DVLC already know if you have tax or not??

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One side aim of relatively high VED on bikes is to not encourage their use. Like it or not, bikes are dangerous things per million vehicle kilometres, and politicians are not terribly keen on expanding their use. And I do remember reading some emissions figures for bikes and it didn't make pretty reading. Smile

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just photocopy ya wifes tax disc Laughing

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i just coughed upo £205 on a 1.8 focus for a year that killed my bank lol

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[quote="Grumpyowl"]

@lee wrote:
just photocopy ya wifes tax disc Laughing [/quote

Done thumbs
fofl

just stay away from the anpr vans Laughing

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