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Free Road Tax ?
Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 10:37 pm
by slparry
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/118875
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Petition
Abolish road tax on Motorcycles.
Most Motorcycles cover a minimal annual mileage, have low emissions, they reduce congestion & do little to damage the roads, yet they still have to pay up to £81 tax whilst lots of cars pay Nil or only £30. This is clearly unfair and unreasonable
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Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 11:39 am
by SP250
Signed up today.
Doesn't seem to be gaining much momentum though.
JM
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 11:57 am
by The Teutonic Tangerine
13, 422 signatures now 11.55 21/01/2016
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 12:03 pm
by Herb
3000 more than when I signed on Tuesday! Going up slowly!
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 1:13 pm
by JamesL
Me too - a forlorn hope but worth a moan!
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 6:09 pm
by slparry
Herb wrote:3000 more than when I signed on Tuesday! Going up slowly!
it's got six month to reach the 100,000
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 9:07 pm
by Humbug
14740 now at 9.06 22/1/16 worth a punt
Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2016 7:08 pm
by JamesL
While we're on, is anyone running a petition against 10% or more ethanol in petrol (likely another lost cause, but hey)?
Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2016 7:50 pm
by slparry
As an example of an economical modern bike engine my F8GS runs
Greenhouse gases: 88.2 CO2 g/km. (CO2 - Carbon dioxide emission)
http://www.bikez.com/motorcycles/bmw_f_800_gs_2011.php
which is the same CO2 as a Fiat 500 which is tax free, yet I'm paying £80 odd a year whilst not causing congestion
http://www.nextgreencar.com/tax-calcula ... 00c/57804/
Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2016 8:47 pm
by Blackal
You can get 4 (small) people in a Fiat 500, though.
Al
Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2016 9:03 pm
by slparry
Blackal wrote:
You can get 4 (small) people in a Fiat 500, though.
Al
yebbut realistically, they like most cars in traffic jams have only the driver in them
Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2016 10:34 pm
by slparry
wonder why there's a lot more signatures on the east coast of Scotland, if you look at the map view?
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 11:09 pm
by slparry
all seems to have slowed down now at just under 20k signatures
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 11:39 pm
by boxerscott
Not sure the economics of this stack up. If less money is going into the coffers then how on earth are we going to get pot hole free roads, safe perimeter barriers and "think bike campaigns". ? Pie in the Sky
Or perhaps you want to pay more for your cars to make up the shortfall.
It aint gonna happen and I aint supporting it.
However a "Bikers against Politicians" campaign I will support most wholeheartedly
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2016 2:13 pm
by slparry
boxerscott wrote:Not sure the economics of this stack up. If less money is going into the coffers then how on earth are we going to get pot hole free roads, safe perimeter barriers and "think bike campaigns". ? Pie in the Sky
Or perhaps you want to pay more for your cars to make up the shortfall.
It aint gonna happen and I aint supporting it.
However a "Bikers against Politicians" campaign I will support most wholeheartedly
I would imagine in the grand scheme of things the amounts they get in from bikes is minimal compared to other vehicles Chris?