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On Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 4:04:50 PM UTC, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
soup wrote:
On 09/02/2019 13:35, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
And cyclists
get 'free' use of the roads too.

Really Dave that old canard?

Cyclists pay as much tax as motorists.

Bollox. No VED, and no taxation on their fuel.

Bollox - their fuel is FOOD, which is usually taxed.
Even bottled water is taxed.

Local roads are paid for out of COUNCIL TAX, so when you drive into
another county, a non driving cyclist who pays that council tax is
paying for the upkeep of the roads that YOUR car is damaging.

Not all roads within a council area are paid for out of council tax. And
those direct ones - where they are more likely to provide cycle lanes -
also more likely to be paid for by national funds. Oh - making those main
roads less attractive to general traffic is likely to force it onto side
roads. An argument which seems to have won in the north London cycle
highway debate.

Also, if you drive one of these, you pay £0 VED anyway.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dy-I1CqXQAAEgf_.jpg

Ok then. Abolish all taxes specific to road vehicles. Like VED and the
extra taxes on petrol and diesel. Then you'd have a level playing field.

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