Does the Transport Secretary know how Britain’s roads are funded?
You and I know roads are not funded by motorists but by all tax-payers. This basic fact seems to elude Philip Hammond yet he’s the UK Transport Secretary. I have it on very good authority that a senior civil servant in the Department of Transport patiently explained the intricacies of roads funding to Mr Hammond […]
‘Charge cyclists road tax if they want to share roads with motorists’
Yesterday, over on Quickrelease.tv, I asked what is it about the internet and the internal combustion engine that makes some folks so callous? A number of thoughtless commenters had peppered a forum with ugly comments following the death of a cyclist at the hands of an inattentive motorist. The forum commenters were all American, but […]
How many motorists think roads are not for cyclists?
When friends and family ask me what I’m up to I tell them. If I happen to mention the creation of the iPayRoadTax campaign I get quizzical stares. That’s if I’m talking to a non-cyclist. Fellow pedallers know instantly what I mean when I say ‘road tax’: it’s an all-too-typical form of abuse lobbed at […]
