Road tax

[bikedemon99]

If motorcycle were tax exempt then more people would use them, end of traffic jams no congestion, good for planet earth cut down on global warming, cars would be more used to seeing motorcycles on the roads so would look out for them more, so if the government are serious about being greener then theres the answer
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Ride safe

[G]

Nooo... we'd get all sorts of numpties riding scooters, half dithering in a panic, the other half thinking they know all about filtering (as has been seen in London).
Nevermind people realising that they can get a vehicle with the performance of a £300k supercar for the price of a fiesta; then finding out you do need a bit of skill to use it.

And in the end tax is still a relatively small amount of the cost for regular vehicle users; especially remembering the cheaper 'eco friendly' car tax brackets.
Bike tax is already a fair bit cheaper than most car tax.

[steve32]

about two months ago i got tax for mine and i think it was only 48quid for 12months and my friend got tax for his mazda 6 and that was 168 or something close to that

so i would say its not like it puts a big hole in your pocket
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[Kickstart]

Hi

Personally think VED should be scrapped. Serves no real purpose except as an expensive to collect extra tax. Could easily be replaced with a couple of pence on fuel. Not even the global warming industry could complain about that as in that case people would be paying exactly for the amount of CO2 they emit (OK, might need a slightly higher fuel duty for diesel than petrol).

All the best

Keith
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[bikedemon99]

[Itchy]

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[inchi55]

Costs you less to buy a new low emission car and tax it than it does to tax a bike now how`s that work.
Government just encouraging more road congestion if you ask me.

[bikedemon99]

[Jamie S]

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[inchi55]

Anyone work at an mot station that would do an emission test on a bike just to compare. we would have to take into account the lack of a cat though.

[Kickstart]

Hi

MOT doesn't really give much. The test is very basic compared to those done on new vehicles for homologation.

That said I did get a local MOT station to do a quick emissions test on my 1200 Bandit about 10 years ago. It would have barely squeezed through the MOT for a non cat car on CO.

All the best

Keith
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[Jamie S]

[nick606]

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[cicatrez]

I think in some ways having the tax is a good idea. As you cannot get taxed without valid documents, insurance etc..
helps flag up people who don't follow the law. as most people who don't have the tax are unlikely to have insurance or MOT aswell, or valid license/requirements to ride the bike
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[Kickstart]

Hi

But you can easily have you MOT and / or insurance run out the day after the tax starts, and MOT and insurance can be checked just as easily as a tax disk.

All the best

Keith
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[Walloper]

Get it on the Gas FFS...
But it makes sense so no-one will listen to me..
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[daemonoid]

[LordShaftesbu...]

[bootsbiker]

will it isn't the point i was trying to make..

if i had my way i would ban cars from london altogether..

If u have 4/5 people in cars like u should then they use less fuel per person.. If u have twats that sit in a car by themselves then the car is using more fuel per person.

It is the people in the cars not the engine... In general.. Bikes also high a higher revs which means they burn more fuel etc.. blah blah..

[LordShaftesbu...]