davidwalton
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Eat MY Dust said:
Your point being what?
VED is a tax, a tax on the Vehicle.
Road Tax Complaint
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Your point being what?
VED is a tax, a tax on the Vehicle.
tdr1nka
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I'd love to pay some sort of VED just to be able to wave under the noses of some London cabbies, they call for it but would have a hard time accepting it meant some form of equality between road users.
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tdr1nka said:
Although if you prove that your vehicle isn't on the road, you pay no "duty" so everyfink to do with the road I'd say.
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davidwalton said:
Yes but only on a vehicle that uses the road.
davidwalton
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Eat MY Dust said:
It is to do with use of the vehicle, hence also requiring a current MOT certificate when purchasing VED. All to do with the vehicle.
tdr1nka
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EMD; "Although if you prove that your vehicle isn't on the road, you pay no "duty" so everyfink to do with the road I'd say."
No, that just says VED has something to do with the road but only if a car is not actually on the road.
Don't worry, I find it all a bit barking too.
No, that just says VED has something to do with the road but only if a car is not actually on the road.
Don't worry, I find it all a bit barking too.
davidwalton
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Eat MY Dust said:
Use of the vehicle being the important bit here. You and your car MUST be licensed before being allowed on the road. The driver only needs to pass a simple couple of tests to get their license once, but a car license (VED and MOT) must be renewed every year.
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VED is indeed a tax: a *vehicle* tax. It is not 'road tax'. I can legitimately use the road without paying a specific 'road tax' by simply being a pedestrian or a horse rider or by being a non-motor vehicle-owning, yet motor driving holder of a full driving licence. VED is simply nothing more than a way of parking the vehicle on the public highway in such a way that it doesn't cause an obstruction. It confers no rights to drive a vehicle on the road. But this is digressing away from the main theme of the thread.
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I'm not actually arguing with you guys. I' m just pointing out (trying to) that the vast majority of people wouldn't have a foggiest when you mention VED. I'm sure you could walk into a primary school and ask a bunch of 5 year olds "what does daddy pay on his car" andthey would reply "road tax".
From the BBC:
" From 2009, major reform of the vehicle excise duty. For new cars from 2010, the lowest-polluting cars will pay no road tax in the first year, with the highest-polluting cars paying £950."
The Gaurdian:
"Annual road tax will then be charged at up to £440 for cars such as Jaguars, Range Rovers and even some people carriers, emitting more than 255 grams of carbon dioxide per kilometre"
From the horses (donkeys) mouth:
"'The road tax system should do more to support the use of more carbon-efficient, and therefore less costly cars. This will help reduce average carbon dioxide levels in new cars.' said Darling."
From the BBC:
" From 2009, major reform of the vehicle excise duty. For new cars from 2010, the lowest-polluting cars will pay no road tax in the first year, with the highest-polluting cars paying £950."
The Gaurdian:
"Annual road tax will then be charged at up to £440 for cars such as Jaguars, Range Rovers and even some people carriers, emitting more than 255 grams of carbon dioxide per kilometre"
From the horses (donkeys) mouth:
"'The road tax system should do more to support the use of more carbon-efficient, and therefore less costly cars. This will help reduce average carbon dioxide levels in new cars.' said Darling."
wafflycat
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Still doesn't make it right calling it 'road tax' just because it's referred to as that in lazy journalism
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wafflycat said:
Alastair Darling isn't a journalist, is he?
I'm not saying it's right. It's just the way it is. Isn't it?
wafflycat
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He's no decent chancellor either! He's a politician - I don't expect accuracy from them either.
Edit: the one minor saving grace of his predecessor - Auld Broon referred to Vehicle Excise Duty in his budget speeches.
Edit: the one minor saving grace of his predecessor - Auld Broon referred to Vehicle Excise Duty in his budget speeches.
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[wanders in from pub mid conversation]... No such thing as road tax? Blimey, that'll save me a few quid. [wanders of to toilet, scratching arse and wondering why everyone's muttering]
