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Car Forum / UK Car Forums / Driving (UK group) / July 2009Pay-as-you-drive scheme could be alternative to car tax, say MPs
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/motoring/article-1201848/Pay-drive-scheme-alternative -car-tax-say-MPs.html > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/motoring/article-1201848/Pay-drive-scheme-alternative -car-tax-say-MPs.html There already is a pay as you drive system - it's called fuel duty. It costs you more if you drive more or drive a thirsty car. There seems very little reason to maintain the current tax disk system at all.  SignatureAlex "I laugh in the face of danger , then I hide until it goes away" >> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/motoring/article-1201848/Pay-drive-scheme-alternative -car-tax-say-MPs.html > > There already is a pay as you drive system - it's called fuel duty. > It costs you more if you drive more or drive a thirsty car. Depends what you are trying to achieve (and the report has been pretty clear that the government have been far from clear). If it's reducing congestion, then pay as you drive would be the solution (though hugely controversial and intrusive). If it's raising revenue, and a green tinge according to CO2, then fuel duty is a very easy way to do it, and (largely) unevadable. If it's only about raising revenue (which seems to be the case), then you apply as many different taxes/charges as possible, i.e. all of them at once. >>> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/motoring/article-1201848/Pay-drive-scheme-alternative -car-tax-say-MPs.html >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Depends what you are trying to achieve (and the report has been pretty > clear that the government have been far from clear). The government wants to raise extra money Just do the maths. If you abolish car tax (no please don't correct me!) and fuel duty and then charge per mile it comes out at a few pence per mils, for all miles. This is going to make bugger all difference to people's car usage AND is going to remove the tax penalties for driving an uneconomic car. And that's before you pay for collecting the money. Doing this makes no sense, it's all about extra revenue. tim > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/motoring/article-1201848/Pay-drive-scheme-al > ternative-car-tax-say-MPs.html > > There already is a pay as you drive system - it's called fuel duty. > It costs you more if you drive more or drive a thirsty car. That's exactly what I thought. > There seems very little reason to maintain the current tax disk system > at all. Agreed. > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/motoring/article-1201848/Pay-drive-scheme-alternative -car-tax-say-MPs.html >There already is a pay as you drive system - it's called fuel duty. It costs you more if you drive more or drive a thirsty car. >There seems very little reason to maintain the current tax disk system at >all. Except that to get one you have to show the car is insured! " >> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/motoring/article-1201848/Pay-drive-scheme-alternative -car-tax-say-MPs.html > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Except that to get one you have to show the car is insured! If you buy a tax disk online they check the insurance online. That's good enough for any plod, hobby-bobby, traffic warden etc. who can all access the insurance database back at base via personal radio. if you commit a moving traffic offence or any other such as RTG. or just if they feel that way inclined. * RTG = Refusing to *grovel* Derek >> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/motoring/article-1201848/Pay-drive-scheme-alternative -car-tax-say-MPs.html > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Except that to get one you have to show the car is insured! So? That doesn't prove that the vehicle & driver combination is insured at any time after that and the majority of "no insurance" offences are now found by ANPR or after the vehicle has already come to the police's attention and they have run a check. An insurance disk and an MOT disk would be more useful for a police officer to do a quick visual check. SignatureAlex "I laugh in the face of danger , then I hide until it goes away" > >There seems very little reason to maintain the current tax disk system at > >all. > > Except that to get one you have to show the car is insured! Thanks for playing "You're a Cretin" and you have won tonight's star prize! >>> There seems very little reason to maintain the current tax disk system at >>> all. >> Except that to get one you have to show the car is insured! > > Thanks for playing "You're a Cretin" and you have won tonight's star > prize! At least he won a prize,you'd probably fail the first question on the Alzheimers show "Where do you think you are".......ha. Bod >>>> There seems very little reason to maintain the current tax disk system >>>> at [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > At least he won a prize,you'd probably fail the first question on the > Alzheimers show "Where do you think you are".......ha. I read somewhere, that if your memory is poor it could be a sign that Alzheimers is on it's way, I think! >>>>> There seems very little reason to maintain the current tax disk system >>>>> at [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >Erm..... I can't remember. >>>>>> There seems very little reason to maintain the current tax disk >>>>>> system at [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >> >> Erm..... I can't remember. You should be more careful otherwise you will be like me, and you wouldn't want that, would you? > I read somewhere, that if your memory is poor it could be a sign that > Alzheimers is on it's way, I think! Would that include people who can't remember which thread they are supposed to reply to? >> I read somewhere, that if your memory is poor it could be a sign that >> Alzheimers is on it's way, I think! > > Would that include people who can't remember which thread they are > supposed to reply to? Like you, you mean? >> >There seems very little reason to maintain the current tax disk system >> >at [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Thanks for playing "You're a Cretin" and you have won tonight's star > prize! Just trying to keep up with you! > >> >There seems very little reason to maintain the current tax disk system > >> >at [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Just trying to keep up with you! You'll always! Struggle! Won't you! >> >> >There seems very little reason to maintain the current tax disk >> >> >system [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > You'll always! Struggle! Won't you! I don't think there is much hope of catching up with you! You are the biggest cretin I have ever met! > I don't think there is much hope of catching up with you! You're a dolt Holmes, a pointless wankstain on the blanket of life. Now, haven't you got to focus your efforts on attempting to save face and avoid a meeting? >> I don't think there is much hope of catching up with you! > > You're a dolt Holmes, a pointless wankstain on the blanket of life. > > Now, haven't you got to focus your efforts on attempting to save face > and avoid a meeting? Steve Firth,why do you feel the need to talk to someone in such a foul and derogatory manner? Bod > Steve Firth,why do you feel the need to talk to someone in such a foul > and derogatory manner? In Holmes case because he's both an idiot and a troll, wasting the time and patience of people who are genuinely decent. In your case because you're a drooling waste of oxygen. >> Steve Firth,why do you feel the need to talk to someone in such a foul >> and derogatory manner? > > In Holmes case because he's both an idiot and a troll, wasting the time > and patience of people who are genuinely decent. In your case because > you're a drooling waste of oxygen. So,wishing me a slow and painful death(as you've already said), is being decent,is it? Bod > >> Steve Firth,why do you feel the need to talk to someone in such a foul > >> and derogatory manner? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > So,wishing me a slow and painful death(as you've already said), is being > decent,is it? Indeed it is, the world would be better for it. You seem to think that a bleating fuckwit like yourself is owed something. As far as I'm concerned you're somethng to scrape off a shoe. I don't know how clear I have to make it to you before you understand. Bod <bodron57@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in news:7dg50pF2bea5qU2 @mid.individual.net: >>> Steve Firth,why do you feel the need to talk to someone in such a foul >>> and derogatory manner? [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Bod Bod, Steve is doing you a favour by teaching you the art of how to be insulting. Try it sometime, it's great fun. I make a point of insulting at least two people a day. Now go and thank Steve for the free tuition he's gone to the trouble of giving you. Some people are so ungrateful! > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/motoring/article-1201848/Pay-drive-scheme-alternative -car-tax-say-MPs.html "A report by MPs has suggested that drivers could be taxed by the miles they travel and urges MPs to reconsider the controversial idea after it was scrapped two years ago following a public outcry." Are they trying to claim that drivers are not already taxed - handsomely - by the miles they travel? >> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/motoring/article-1201848/Pay-drive-scheme-a >> lternative-car-tax-say-MPs.html [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Are they trying to claim that drivers are not already taxed - > handsomely - by the miles they travel? They almost certainly are. The vehicle licence fee is just an extra tax on mileage-related tax. > > Are they trying to claim that drivers are not already taxed - > > handsomely - by the miles they travel? > > They almost certainly are. The vehicle licence fee is just an extra tax on > mileage-related tax. I read somewhere on one of the news websites that MPs reckoned £1.95 per km on congested roads was a fair price. As I tend to mainly drive for the commute, and do it mainly on the M56 during rush hour, which is always busy, I'm looking at £750+ per week to get to work, or £3000 a month, or roughly 2-3 times what I earn after tax. 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