On Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at 12:24:03 AM UTC, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

Quite. So why are cyclists exempt from paying tax on that activity while
other road users ain't?

Same as these cars which don't pay anything either - they don't pollute enough.

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

There are about 2000000 vehicles that are VED exempt including mine as I am registered disabled.