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- Coolkitty 5 sec ago
I agree, however, it works both ways and cyclists should learn the highway code - especially in todays traffic
- David9694 46 min 20 sec ago
Clevedon: Controversial end of free parking 'will be monitored' after outcry...
- cardch 55 min 40 sec ago
That is a great idea. And surely someone will call them Arsegos.
- chrisonabike 1 hour 19 min ago
Agreed - but with a bit more set-back from roundabout. Also how well respected is this in practice?...
- ErnieC 1 hour 55 min ago
I'm a bit screwed then, one bike has straight carbon forks and the other straight steel forks ...
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I think they did, from memory back in the 70s/80s... haven't seen one for years though, our current milkman uses a standard van, albeit hybrid.
- S.E. 13 hours 42 min ago
Yes, sleep apnea produces more CO... I'm not aware of any doping effect but what do I know....
- Gd29 15 hours 50 min ago
That's true enough. But doesn't address my point that the chainset you get as a replacement will not physically fit chainrings from the chain set...
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In all fairness, it almost certainly NEVER happened…
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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.
For reference, this the Highways England SRN map.
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.
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
They can't do this as the Conservative manifesto said they would not increase taxes, oh hang on ...
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.
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.