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Just To Keep This Section Active ..........
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Just to keep this important section active let me put the following question, which has probably been out in some form or other before, but hey ho.
Should cyclists pay some form of road tax and insurance to use Britain's roads ?
Should cyclists pay some form of road tax and insurance to use Britain's roads ?
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It will never happen and even if it did, it would be un- policeable (if that's a word). There are lots of casual cyclists, like myself, who only go out occasionally and who would just risk not having insurance for the few times they went out. You would have to have different levels of insurance for adults and children and I foresee premiums being prohibitive for...
10:44 Fri 30th Aug 2013
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It will never happen and even if it did, it would be un-policeable (if that's a word). There are lots of casual cyclists, like myself, who only go out occasionally and who would just risk not having insurance for the few times they went out. You would have to have different levels of insurance for adults and children and I foresee premiums being prohibitive for children, in time. This would potentially affect the fitness of our children when the Gov't are trying to encourage them to get away from sitting in front of screens.
Aren't we taxed and insured to the hilt? Lets just keep this one piece of freedom.
Aren't we taxed and insured to the hilt? Lets just keep this one piece of freedom.
Sigma is correct!
Main article: Vehicle Excise Duty
In the United Kingdom owners are required to pay Vehicle Excise Duty, which is paid to the government for a vehicle licence (or tax disc), which must be displayed on most motor vehicles used on public roads.[8] Since 1937 there has been no direct relationship between the tax and government expenditure on public roads.
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