Make them pay road tax then, like motorists do!!

[StuartG]

As I said elsewhere, my drinking taxes pays for seemingly everything. Hence drunks like me should have special access to the roads we pay for ... even the Daily Mail must concede that point.

Sober drivers are just mean parasites and should have their cars crushed unless they can display an empty bottle of whisky. Or in the case of 4x4 = 16 empty bottles.

 

[abo]

If I get into this 'no road tax' shite with someone while I'm out on my bike, I'm not going to try and educate, or say I pay the same as a zero emissions vehicle or any of that. They're ranting, and won't take it in anyway. I'm just going to respond:

'I have two cars and one is a band L. I've paid more tax than you so **** off'

 

[Bicycle]

I admit that I also sometimes get the feeling that we might just resign ourselves to the fact that people will continue to talk about "road tax".

I'm always cured of this aberrant thought, though, by re-watching this video. (As well as wanting to shove that woman's finger up where the sun don't shine.)

I laughed at this video. What an awesome pair and another reason why I don't try to tell motorists how to behave.

But I'm not going to adopt a description of Road Tax unused by most people and unfamiliar to many, just because of a video clip of two very, very angry people scarcely bright enough to breathe.

Even if half the population are unaware of what happens to monies levied by the state, I don't feel an evangelical zeal to inform and correct.

With poor driving, ignorance of the law and many other things I often find it helpful to remember that almost 50% of the population are of below average intelligence.

Road Tax it is and Road Tax it shall remain. You know I'm right; after all, my Road Tax pays for the roads you ride on!

 

[Angelfishsolo]

That is a great site

This site says it all ipayroad tax.com
Obviously I am aware that the general public refer to CAR tax as 'Road Tax'. Why not try to educate them a little? It wouldn't really work if the oiks shouted out 'Pay Car Tax' would it?

 

[youngoldbloke]

Road Tax it is and Road Tax it shall remain. You know I'm right; after all, my Road Tax pays for the roads you ride on!

Bicycle - I really hope you are just trying to be ironic ........

 

[davefb]

As I said elsewhere, my drinking taxes pays for seemingly everything. Hence drunks like me should have special access to the roads we pay for ... even the Daily Mail must concede that point.

Sober drivers are just mean parasites and should have their cars crushed unless they can display an empty bottle of whisky. Or in the case of 4x4 = 16 empty bottles.

indeed, on the ipayroadtax link it also talks about how smokers should get preferential treatment after all they pay for hospitals with their hospital tax ( mind you i've heard that from some )

it was called road tax to start with, because the idea was it would be ring fenced to pay for roads.... it hasnt been that for 80 years, it now is to license the vehicles, so is car-tax. tbh, i've always called it car tax and never thought of it as paying for the roads..

and it really is funny that one of churchills justifications for the name change and policy change was that otherwise nutters would claim they paid for the roads

now , that duty on petrol , THATS what should be ring fenced to fix roads , bloomin cyclists not using petrol !!!

 

[martynjc1977]

This site says it all ipayroad tax.com
Obviously I am aware that the general public refer to CAR tax as 'Road Tax'. Why not try to educate them a little? It wouldn't really work if the oiks shouted out 'Pay Car Tax' would it?

Love that site so much i bought the tshirt. My link

Martyn

 

[mcshroom]

Love that site so much i bought the tshirt. My link

Martyn

Whilst I agree with the sentiment, I think that top is needlessly confrontational. Also think about all the jokes next September about your 'tax' disk being out of date

 

[Alun]

With poor driving, ignorance of the law and many other things I often find it helpful to remember that almost 50% of the population are of below average intelligence.

I think a lot more than 50% are below average intelligence, something more like 80-85% I would say !

 

[martynjc1977]

Whilst I agree with the sentiment, I think that top is needlessly confrontational. Also think about all the jokes next September about your 'tax' disk being out of date

I have had a couple of friendly debates while waiting at a rail crossing, nothing confrontational, and to be honest I dont realy care if I piss some one off by wearing it, I'm sure I piss enough drivers off just by been on a bike.
by the time next year comes I shall be ready for a new one .