simonali
Guru
Those figures look a little skewed to me. The near £100bn they've calculated includes strange stuff such as 1. accidents 2. police 3. car parking 4. company car subsidies and claim there are shortfalls in the figures for them?
1. Insurance? (also taxed) NI? Insurance companies wouldn't be insuring people to drive cars if they were losing money on every one of them, surely?
2. A large amount of our council tax goes to the police. I'd imagine a portion of it goes to road maintenance, too?
3. With 30m cars in the UK, do they think they should all be parked on the road causing more congestion? And how is a parked car costing anyone anything?
They've just said "right, a car takes up this much space, land costs this much, so every car parking space cost £n"! Ever heard of a multi-story, you green fools?!
4. These figures were produced from 1993 information and I believe company car taxing has been given a major overhaul at least once since then, no doubt in the favour of the government. I know at the very least that the van/twin cab pick-up loophole has been closed and that they move the goalposts with the CO² brackets nearly every budget.
On top of that, fuel prices have hit all-time highs since that time, meaning the govt. are raking in a lot more fuel duty since 1993!! Also insurance companies are moving call centres to India, saving lots on their wage bills. Speed cameras have been introduced, providing extra revenue for the police.
Subsidised, my arse! Just nonsense green propaganda.
I've never had a job that I could get to by public transport and have always cycled or driven as a result. It would also take hours and hours and cost a fortune just to go and visit relatives. This would probably only be possible on week days between 8am and 5pm, too!
There was a time when I went everywhere by bike and saw no need for a car, but since coming to live in a more rural area I've come to realise that that is a rather delusional outlook. There's no way I'd give up my car now, unless I had to and I expect every other car owner would say the same.
1. Insurance? (also taxed) NI? Insurance companies wouldn't be insuring people to drive cars if they were losing money on every one of them, surely?
2. A large amount of our council tax goes to the police. I'd imagine a portion of it goes to road maintenance, too?
3. With 30m cars in the UK, do they think they should all be parked on the road causing more congestion? And how is a parked car costing anyone anything?
They've just said "right, a car takes up this much space, land costs this much, so every car parking space cost £n"! Ever heard of a multi-story, you green fools?!4. These figures were produced from 1993 information and I believe company car taxing has been given a major overhaul at least once since then, no doubt in the favour of the government. I know at the very least that the van/twin cab pick-up loophole has been closed and that they move the goalposts with the CO² brackets nearly every budget.
On top of that, fuel prices have hit all-time highs since that time, meaning the govt. are raking in a lot more fuel duty since 1993!! Also insurance companies are moving call centres to India, saving lots on their wage bills. Speed cameras have been introduced, providing extra revenue for the police.
Subsidised, my arse! Just nonsense green propaganda.
I've never had a job that I could get to by public transport and have always cycled or driven as a result. It would also take hours and hours and cost a fortune just to go and visit relatives. This would probably only be possible on week days between 8am and 5pm, too!
There was a time when I went everywhere by bike and saw no need for a car, but since coming to live in a more rural area I've come to realise that that is a rather delusional outlook. There's no way I'd give up my car now, unless I had to and I expect every other car owner would say the same.
They've just said "right, a car takes up this much space, land costs this much, so every car parking space cost £n"! Ever heard of a multi-story, you green fools?!
