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From: The Medway Handyman on 3 Dec 2009 18:53 dan(a)telent.net wrote: > "The Medway Handyman" <davidlang(a)nospamblueyonder.co.uk> writes: > >> FFS. If you want to drive a car on the road you have to have a tax >> disc - simple. > > No. If you want to drive (or keep) a car on the road, that *car* must > have a tax disc. It is the vehicle keeper's responsibility to make > sure of this, not the driver's. > > If it's that simple, stop getting it wrong. So how much is a tax disc for a push bike? -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
From: The Medway Handyman on 3 Dec 2009 19:06 mileburner wrote: > "johnwright" <""john\"@no spam here.com"> wrote in message > news:7nqafcF3nossoU2(a)mid.individual.net... >> >> The Government does not believe in ring fencing. If you remember, >> when the truckers were campaigning for a reduction in fuel tax, Tony >> Blair said "Which school or hospital do you want me to close?" This >> demonstrates the lack of linkage. One can compare amounts but that >> is all. > > Which goes to show what a bunch of selfish stingy mean c**ts the > truckers are. How was your push bike delivered to the shop then idiot? Did it ride itself? -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
From: The Medway Handyman on 3 Dec 2009 19:12 Roger Thorpe wrote: > The Medway Handyman wrote: >> mileburner wrote: >>> "Peter Grange" <peter(a)plgrange.demon.co.uk> wrote in message >>> news:pa3eh51u34vddbqelfnu412tlqb92nqlbc(a)4ax.com... >>>> Read what you said. "Cyclists don't pay it" No qualification, just >>>> that. Introducing qualifications later doesn't affect what you >>>> said. I am a cyclist, I pay VED. I am a motorist, you are a >>>> motorist, we pay VED. The difference being I am a cyclist as well. >>>> We are not a separate race, some of us do both. >>> I am a cyclist and I pay VED. >>> >>> Is that so hard for a non-cycling motorist to understand? >> >> Is it too hard to understand that you don't pay a 'specific' tax to >> cycle? > There are a few users who are exempt from VED > try This pathetic excuse has been tried before & doesn't change anything. -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
From: The Medway Handyman on 3 Dec 2009 19:24 soup wrote: > The Medway Handyman wrote: > >> You are not entitled to use what you don't pay for. > > True, but then motorists are no more paying for the roads than anyone > else . Note 'no more' not 'not', as I am quite aware that lots > (nearly said everyone there) pays VAT, Income tax, etc etc etc . > Anyway I am getting bored with making the, truthful, statement over > and over and... again that :- > *VED/road tax does NOT pay for the road it licenses the use of a > vehicle on the road.* > only too have the lie that VED is used to pay for roads repeated two > minutes later, so I shall bow out of this thread. I'm glad about that, because all you have contributed so far is bollox. -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
From: The Medway Handyman on 3 Dec 2009 19:25
mileburner wrote: > "Peter Grange" <peter(a)plgrange.demon.co.uk> wrote in message > news:8e3gh5lqapfmukpl2qje3t8lbcfscc1lna(a)4ax.com... >>> >>> How much is a tax disc for a push bike? >> >> Dunno, what's that? > > Maybe someone should start selling them. They certainly should, then you sponging freeloaders would have to pay your way. -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk |