Thieving scumbags

[AndyL]

[quote author=Grahamm link=topic=11884.msg131333#msg131333 date=1393850538]
But what if you're someone like me who sometimes only uses the bike a couple of times a month? I might only ride it for eg 30 days in a year, but I have to keep it taxed for the other 335 days.

It would be fairer and cheaper (for me) to only pay tax on the petrol I use. YMMV (quite literally!)

I use mine every day and do 20k+ per year.  It's fairer and cheaper (for me) to pay tax based on engine size.

You can't please everyone   10p/litre would cost me ~£20/month so I vote to keep it how it is.
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It's not fairer for you to pay based on engine size, it's cheaper. To be honest I don't think there can be a completely fair way of doing it.


Personally I think it should be based on amount used but if you assume that it should be linked to road wear then you doing 20k a year on a bike is a lot less wear then a car with a similar MPG so it still wouldn't be fair on bikes, if you wanted to look at pollution caused then it could only be fair if you also taxed new vehicles based on pollution caused when making them in the first place (this could also apply to spares). That would bump be very telling.


I think one advantage of the tax the fuel argument is that it more more simple and so cheaper to maintain