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The re-introduction of road tax

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  • March 14, 2017 at 12:44 pm #888755
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    Danger Dicko

    Purely electric vehicles will

    Purely electric vehicles will still have zero VED.

    This is closing the loophole on hybrids (mainly large SUV’s that have large petrol motors and an electric motor with 50 miles range) that means these large polluitng vehicles will now have to pay.

    March 13, 2017 at 4:46 pm #888753
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    ClubSmed

    DaveE128 wrote:

    DaveE128 wrote:
    This is the bit that I was talkjmg about: “The money raised for this will be paid into a roads fund to help towards the upkeep of the UK’s motorway and roads network.” for/from error aside, doesn’t this mean even more motorists will feel entitled to run non-motorists of the road?

    I think the key element in that statement is “help towards”. The VED may be fully ringfenced for spending on the road network but it will take far more money than that to maintain and grow them so cyclists will still be contributing through their taxes.

    *Though as the average motorist doesn’t seem to know how roads are funded now they are unlikely to know any better when the new system comes into effect

    March 13, 2017 at 3:29 pm #888751
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    Al__S

    For reference, this the

    For reference, this the Highways England SRN map.

     

    March 13, 2017 at 3:25 pm #888749
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    Al__S

    The ringfencing is

    The ringfencing is specifically for the “Strategic Road Network”- that is, Motorways and Trunk Roads. I’d be happy to be banned from cycling on the main carriageways of the SRN if Highways England (etc) upgraded it all to meet the standards of their own IAN 195/16. One can but dream.

     

    Of course, idiot drivers won’t understand this point- that the tax will specifically NOT fund the vast majority of the road network, especially in town and in the countryside.

    March 13, 2017 at 7:05 am #888747
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    DaveE128

    This is the bit that I was
    This is the bit that I was talkjmg about:

    “The money raised for this will be paid into a roads fund to help towards the upkeep of the UK’s motorway and roads network.”

    for/from error aside, doesn’t this mean even more motorists will feel entitled to run non-motorists of the road?

    March 12, 2017 at 4:15 pm #888745
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    Grahamd

    They can’t do this as the

    They can’t do this as the Conservative manifesto said they would not increase taxes, oh hang on …

    March 12, 2017 at 4:07 pm #888743
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    brooksby
    hawkinspeter wrote:
    BBC Tim Bowler wrote:
    The way we pay road tax will change significantly from 1 April and it is something to consider if you’re going to be buying a new car.

    Is it my imagination, or does the BBC not bother proof reading articles for obvious mistakes?

    Can they not understand that no-one currently pays road tax?

    They’re better than the Grauniad website. But in their defence, I think the article says road tax is formally known as vehicle excise duty.

    March 12, 2017 at 3:25 pm #888741
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    hawkinspeter

    Is it my imagination, or does

    BBC Tim Bowler wrote:
    The way we pay road tax will change significantly from 1 April and it is something to consider if you’re going to be buying a new car.

    Is it my imagination, or does the BBC not bother proof reading articles for obvious mistakes?

    Can they not understand that no-one currently pays road tax?

    March 12, 2017 at 12:36 pm #888739
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    brooksby

    Like the article says: the

    Like the article says: the powers that be have been encouraging people to get more efficient and/or less polluting vehicles and have suddenly cottoned on that this means a great fall in revenue from VED. So, change the rules so you pay VED even if your car is driven by unicorn tears and fairy dust.

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