From: Adrian on
"The Medway Handyman" <davidlang(a)nospamblueyonder.co.uk> gurgled happily,
sounding much like they were saying:

>>> A multi millionaire cyclist still wouldn't have to pay a 'specific'
>>> fee before being able to use his cycle on a public road though would
>>> he?

>> If it makes you any happier, perhaps you ought to buy this van - you
>> could then use the roads yourself, for work, without paying any VED or
>> fuel duty. Perfectly legally.
>>
>> http://www.leboncoin.fr/vi/80500342.htm

> If I lived in France I might.

Depends where in France, but - being in Kent - you wouldn't have very
much further to travel to collect it than somebody in the North of France.

> Are you trying out for idiot of the year?

I'm not the one who doesn't seem to understand the concept of importing a
vehicle.
From: Adrian on
"The Medway Handyman" <davidlang(a)nospamblueyonder.co.uk> gurgled happily,
sounding much like they were saying:

>> Would it be OK if all of country's millions of bicycles, which would be
>> in VED band A (Fee = £0), got a stamped round bit of paper from the
>> Post Office and stuck it on their frames? Would that do it for you? I
>> wouldn't mind if it made van drivers gave me more respect on the road.

> No, not really. They would have to pay a fee to cover the inconvenience
> of admin.

Why does that apply to one form of zero-charge VED, yet not to others?

Or do you think that all zero-charge VED should pay an "inconvenience of
admin" fee?
From: The Medway Handyman on
Peter Grange wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:59:36 GMT, "The Medway Handyman"
> <davidlang(a)nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Peter Grange wrote:
>>
>>> I was responding to "Cyclists don't pay VED". I am a cyclist, I pay
>>> VED. The End.
>>
>> Not to use your push bike on the road you don't. Fuckwit.
>
> That wasn't what you said, fuckwit. "Cyclists don't pay VED" is
> incorrect. Which SPECIFIC bit of the English language do you have a
> problem with?

Nice one, except that I've never caled it VED, I've called it Road Tax.

Which SPECIFIC bit of paying your way do you have a problem with?


--
Dave - The Tax Paying Motorist
--
Q. Why don't they put pockets in lycra cycling shorts?
A. Because cyclists never put their hands in their pockets.


From: The Medway Handyman on
Adrian wrote:
> "The Medway Handyman" <davidlang(a)nospamblueyonder.co.uk> gurgled
> happily, sounding much like they were saying:
>
>>> Would it be OK if all of country's millions of bicycles, which
>>> would be in VED band A (Fee = �0), got a stamped round bit of paper
>>> from the Post Office and stuck it on their frames? Would that do it
>>> for you? I wouldn't mind if it made van drivers gave me more
>>> respect on the road.
>
>> No, not really. They would have to pay a fee to cover the
>> inconvenience of admin.
>
> Why does that apply to one form of zero-charge VED, yet not to others?
>
Because zero rated cars still have number plates, so the pokice can check
they have insurance & trace them when they break traffic laws.

> Or do you think that all zero-charge VED should pay an "inconvenience
> of admin" fee?

No, they pay enough in VAT & fuel duty to cover it.


--
Dave - The Tax Paying Motorist




From: The Medway Handyman on
Adrian wrote:
> "The Medway Handyman" <davidlang(a)nospamblueyonder.co.uk> gurgled
> happily, sounding much like they were saying:
>
>>> 'course, it would still need a valid tax disc on display.
>
>> Indeed it would. So if I drove through red traffic lights, on the
>> pavement or the wrong way up a one way street I could be identified &
>> prosecuted.
>
> Is it the presence or absence of a valid tax disc which enables that,
> then?

No, its the fact that number plates are part of the system.


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Dave - The Tax Paying Motorist