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Don't forget that probably 5% of people on the road are also in company cars so the company they work for pays the road tax and not them
Ooh, and don't forget those crazy diplomats – I work in Mayfair, there's 100s of them round here – they don't pay car tax, or the congestion charge either. Next time I see the Consular General to Denmark pootling past in his car I'll be sure to shout at him and tell him to get off the road he hasn't paid for.
And the ENTIRE British military doesn't pay VED either.. so next time I see the household cavalry rumbling through town in their tanks I'll be sure to let them know they don't deserve to there and should be run off the road 'cos they 'don't pay road tax'.
Excellent observations, Mr Reid, let's hope the message gets through!
Yes. Agreed. But somebody somewhere is paying the dosh. Government
ministers and the Queen aren't paying a penny, and ought to. I can
see the sense in the exemptions for other categories.
Good points, although I probably won't be taking them up with any tank-
drivers I happen to see.
It's standard for diplomats to get away with blue murder!
Apparently, EU residents can stay here for 6 months without paying UK
VED so long as their vehicle is taxed in country of residence. Police
and DVLA enforces are meant to take note of this. Yeh, right.
I was merely suggesting that the 5% of people who shout at you for not paying road tax will not be paying it themselves as they are in a company car doing the shouting (happened to me at Denton Roundabout last week).
Good point well made!
Didn't realise there were so many “Bloody Tax Dodgers” – although I can see there are worthy sorts exempt, such as war veterans and disabled drivers.
Enjoyed reading your rant – has the makings of a song. Someone should put it to music.
Could end up in the charts.
How about the Queen, Keith? She not one of the worthies?!
Bloody tax-dodging, Land Rover and Bentley owning Royals!
——
Talking about a song, there's the Taxman lyrics at the base of here:
http://ipayroadtax.com/?p=149
Grey area – company cars are not free, you get taxed for having one for personal use and the package cost that whoever is paying will include the VED. This applies to “personal” leases as much as to company cars which makes it all the more confusing.
Better to not confuse things – and focus on the excemptions. Better yet – if one has been sucked into the argument – its worth noting that we (as cyclists) are, in fact, paying the same amount as for a Prius (or an Econetic Fiesta) which is a goody…
I completely forgot about the tax thing – d'oh!
The queen doesn't even need to pass a driving test but can drive a car.
Ah, the Queen! What can I say?
That she's not even worthy of the crown, according to Tony Robinson who took
time off from digging historical sites to dig into Tudor records last year.
Apparently, Her Maj is descended from a bastard Tudor line. They were all
into each others beds, same then as now.
Big cover-up.
Her crown belongs on the head of a sheep farmer in Australia.
When Robinson informed him, he was highly amused.
And he was able to confirm that his family line traces back to the Tudors!
Buck House made no comment.
Cheers,
Keith
–
Too true!
And same as a lot of Scottish Lairds are direct descendants of
murdering, pillaging, raping Border Reivers.
Landed aristocracy is 99 per cent about an evil ancestor who bumped
off somebody in the 15th Century – or often lots of bodies.
[...] Royals, Ministers, disabled drivers, American soldiers in UK and emergency vehicles: they’re a… There are millions of vehicles exempt from paying VED. So, the militant motorists’ gibe against “tax dodging cyclists” could be extended to the Queen, car cops, wheelchair motorists and others! If road tax existed, that is. [...]
[...] CONS THAN PROS A national bicycle registration and cyclist licensing scheme would cost a lot more to run than it would bring in; would fail to prevent traffic law transgressions; and would mainly serve as [...]
I cycle a lot on the canals.
Come summer, hardly a ride goes past without some SASOB coming out with the 'cyclists don't have any right to be on the towpath' line. But up my sleeve i've got a British Waterways Cycle Permit. 100% of the SASOB's have never heard of, let alone seen, a canals bike permit. Its an instant shutter-upper.
A Band A tax discs for bikes would have the same effect. Rather than save the government money, the scheme should be argued for. Plus you have a National Cycle Register at no extra charge. Call for the 'disc' to be an embedded chip and you've also got an theft deterrent.
So forget the semantics of Road Tax/Car Tax, there's a lot to be gained by pressing for a 'tax disc' scheme for bikes .
Play them at their own game, that's what I say.
Great points, Neil.
I shall shamelessly steal them and attempt to pass them off as my own.
In fact, I'll roll it out into another story. I think it warrants it.
Thanks.
Neil
I lifted your quote and added it to this article: Licensed to Cycle. http://ipayroadtax.com/?p=85
Thanks.
While you are right that VED is sucked into the government coffers and of course everyone's taxes go towards road maintenance, it is still the case that *most* car owners pay an extra tax which other road users do not. This makes it rather unfair. And the (correct) fact that “cyclists are no more tax dodgers than the Queen, disabled drivers or war pensioners” does not make it right – does it?
PS When the taxing of road vehicles was introduced in Britain in 1921, the tax was called the 'road fund license' and it was collected by county councils who told people that money raised would only be used to fund roads.
Yes, car owners pay a tax. It's called 'car tax'. This is the whole
point of the site. It's cars that are taxed; roads are paid for by us
all, not just motorists (a shockingly common view, and something to
poke at cyclists).
County councils never promised motorists anything: it was Austen
Chamberlain (Cons) adding his later voice to Lloyd George's famous
1909 'People' Budget'. Chamberlain made the rash – and short-lived –
promise that funds for the 'road board' (ie the road fund) would go
only on roads. Customs & Excise and HM Treasury were aghast at this
and worked tirelessly to weaken this link, the link was finally killed
off in 1926 by Winston Churchill, acting on the advice of Treasury
civil servants. HMRC and the Treasury hate any hypothacation of taxes.
Churchill did too and made two famous 'Raids on the Road Fund'.
Even when it was in existence, the road board was an ineffectual and
riven institution. Only a small fraction of Britain's roads were ever
paid for out of the 'road fund'. It was finally folded in 1937 but had
been a lame duck since 1926.
This page has history of the road fund. http://ipayroadtax.com/?p=54
All of my facts can be checked in 'The Motor Car and Politics
1896-1970' by William Plowden.
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i saw a police vehicle today with a tax disc out of date,on pointing this out to the officer,she replied “they are the queens vehicles,theyre exempt” i have photographic pictures on my phone taken today of the vehicle,and the disc.????????????????????
Nothing to do with the Queen. All emergency vehicles pay zero car tax.
Still need an up to date tax disc, mind.
Thanks for sharing.
I think they were doing this because these roads were paid for from general and local taxation. This money involved actions also helped the motorist in maintaining the cleanliness and orderliness of the road. Everyone will be benefited though.
[...] And nor do motorists attack band A cars, disabled drivers, the Royal family, or other “road tax dodgers” out there, of which there are [...]
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