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

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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:

KevinB · 12-01-06, 10:32 AM

:rotfl:
Reminds me of those UFO stories from the 50's and 60's that if a somone spotted a UFO they were visited by three men in black with dark glasses and very shiny if out of date Cadillac. They were threatened and told to shut up.

A lot of people to tell me to UFO.

Sailor Steve · 12-01-06, 12:06 PM

Many years ago I saw a cartoon (kind of US specific, but here goes): A man in his pajamas answers the door, and sees tanks surrounding his house, helicopters flying overhead, many soldiers in full battle gear pointing guns at him. On the porch facing him are two men in black trenchcoats. One of them holds up a badge and says "We understand you tore that little tag off your matress..."

STEED · 12-01-06, 12:54 PM

Don't vote Labour they are the party who love to tax you.

goldorak · 12-01-06, 01:25 PM

For once I'm happy not living in England. :p

FIREWALL · 12-01-06, 02:14 PM

I kinda wonder when the citizens of the UK will have it"s own "Tea Party".:hmm:

goldorak · 12-01-06, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by FIREWALL

I kinda wonder when the citizens of the UK will have it"s own "Tea Party".:hmm:

I wonder when americans will have their second tea party.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=101501

Edit : what was that Marko Ramius said at the end of THFRO ? A revolution every now and then is good.

FIREWALL · 12-01-06, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by goldorak

Quote:

Originally Posted by FIREWALL

I kinda wonder when the citizens of the UK will have it"s own "Tea Party".:hmm:

I wonder when americans will have their second tea party.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=101501

Edit : what was that Marko Ramius said at the end of THFRO ? A revolution every now and then is good.

hI goldorak It's scarey but so true. It seems every day somewhere
we lose ground. and I mean everyone all over the world.

STEED · 12-01-06, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by goldorak

For once I'm happy not living in England. :p

Lucky you.

12-01-06, 05:39 AM	#1
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	U.K. Drivers watch out! I bet this one is going to get on your goat. Now pay-as-you-go road taxes are in prospect __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

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jumpy Admiral Join Date: May 2003 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 2,139 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	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: __________________ when you’ve been so long in the desert, any water, no matter how brackish, looks like life

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Many years ago I saw a cartoon (kind of US specific, but here goes): A man in his pajamas answers the door, and sees tanks surrounding his house, helicopters flying overhead, many soldiers in full battle gear pointing guns at him. On the porch facing him are two men in black trenchcoats. One of them holds up a badge and says "We understand you tore that little tag off your matress..." __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Don't vote Labour they are the party who love to tax you. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

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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?

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KevinB Planesman Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Milton Keynes Posts: 195 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	:rotfl: Reminds me of those UFO stories from the 50's and 60's that if a somone spotted a UFO they were visited by three men in black with dark glasses and very shiny if out of date Cadillac. They were threatened and told to shut up. A lot of people to tell me to UFO.

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goldorak Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,320 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	For once I'm happy not living in England. :p

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FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	I kinda wonder when the citizens of the UK will have it"s own "Tea Party".:hmm: __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???