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From: Adrian on 14 Dec 2009 02:30 "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 14 Dec 2009 02:31 "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 14 Dec 2009 03:32 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 14 Dec 2009 03:39 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 14 Dec 2009 03:40
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. -- Dave - The Tax Paying Motorist |