U.K. Drivers watch out!

STEED · 12-01-06, 05:39 AM

I bet this one is going to get on your goat.

Now pay-as-you-go road taxes are in prospect

Konovalov · 12-01-06, 06:27 AM

Congestion charge, pay as you go road charge, car tax, MOT, and car insurance. Did I miss anything?

danlisa · 12-01-06, 07:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Konovalov

Congestion charge, pay as you go road charge, car tax, MOT, and car insurance. Did I miss anything?

86p a litre for unleaded. (that's $1.69 for our friends across the pond

) BTW do you want to swap countries?

jumpy · 12-01-06, 07:14 AM

from the beeb http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6160877.stm

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If road charging was introduced, the government would be able to examine the option of whether it could raise enough revenue to replace fuel duty and the car tax disc.

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
As if any government will do that ...least of all this one.

I think it's time I gave everything I own and every penny of the money I earn to the government, this includes the clothes off my back, in the vain hope that they will be satisfied with this and not try derive revenue from or steal/extract the number of days I am alive on this earth so they can transfer this unused time to one of their fat cat backhander buddies.

DAB · 12-01-06, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by danlisa

86p a litre for unleaded. (that's $1.69 for our friends across the pond

) BTW do you want to swap countries?

Yes, but a top of the line car in the UK can do 60 miles per gallon.

I've no problem with congestion charging in general. But why do I get the impression that there will not be the investment in public transport to off set all this.

KevinB · 12-01-06, 09:47 AM

So, can anyone tell me what is the point of the road tax licence? And what do they do with £40 billion per year they get from it?

jumpy · 12-01-06, 10:20 AM

KevinB, it appears you ask too many questions...
A man in a black suit and dark glasses will be knocking on your door to take you away for re-education very soon. :rotfl:

Kapitan · 12-01-06, 05:04 PM

Are hey going to do away with the road tax you know those bits of stupid paper you put in the window?

If not then i feel mass riots coming on.

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KevinB Planesman Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Milton Keynes Posts: 195 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	So, can anyone tell me what is the point of the road tax licence? And what do they do with £40 billion per year they get from it?