01-03-14, 07:47 PM
I don't have a problem with how things are now and the answer they gave was perfectly understandable, you can't bring it into line with cars when only some bike manufacturers quote emissions figures. What would you like, leave it as it is or go over to an emissions based system where every bike must be fitted with a catalytic converter and have the performance strangled out of it? Me, I'd rather leave it as it is.
I'm actually looking forward to October when they do away with the tax disc and allow you to pay monthly. That'll allow me to tax my cars and bike as and when I want. Paying even 6 months tax on a car I am likely to only use very occasionally seems a bit steep, but when the time comes that I can just tax it for a month at a time, then fine.
And before anyone comes out with the old chestnut of doing away with it and putting it on the fuel price, all that will do will cause fuel prices to rocket. France collects road tax on fuel but their petrol costs the same as ours, their diesel is even cheaper. Their motorways are privately owned and funded from tolls at roughly £1 for every 10 miles. Which means it costs me around £90 to get from Calais to the South every time I go.
I'm actually looking forward to October when they do away with the tax disc and allow you to pay monthly. That'll allow me to tax my cars and bike as and when I want. Paying even 6 months tax on a car I am likely to only use very occasionally seems a bit steep, but when the time comes that I can just tax it for a month at a time, then fine.
And before anyone comes out with the old chestnut of doing away with it and putting it on the fuel price, all that will do will cause fuel prices to rocket. France collects road tax on fuel but their petrol costs the same as ours, their diesel is even cheaper. Their motorways are privately owned and funded from tolls at roughly £1 for every 10 miles. Which means it costs me around £90 to get from Calais to the South every time I go.