Vehicle Excise Duty Petition (Road Tax)

[Kirkybhoy]

Good evening Ladies & Gents
I have set up a petition to see if we can get the government to debate ring fencing road tax for repair & maintenance of our roads, your support would be appreciated.


https://petition.parliament.uk/petit...gM6TN8bIBQgWk2

[PyroUK]

Considering road tax was abolished bloomin years ago and that it's your council tax that pays for road maintenance in the local area you may struggle with that one

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[DJ123]

Originally Posted by Kirkybhoy

Good evening Ladies & Gents
I have set up a petition to see if we can get the government to debate ring fencing road tax for repair & maintenance of our roads, your support would be appreciated.


https://petition.parliament.uk/petit...gM6TN8bIBQgWk2

Without wishing to sound pedantic, but it has been called VED for a long time & councils do get specific pots of money from the Government for road maintainance.

https://www.local.gov.uk/about/news/...ls-local-roads

https://www.gov.uk/government/upload...21.csv/preview

[maviczap]

Originally Posted by PyroUK

Considering road tax was abolished bloomin years ago and that it's your council tax that pays for road maintenance in the local area you may struggle with that one

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Originally Posted by daddyjob

Without wishing to sound pedantic, but it has been called VED for a long time & councils do get specific pots of money from the Government for road maintainance.

https://www.local.gov.uk/about/news/...ls-local-roads

https://www.gov.uk/government/upload...21.csv/preview

Yes Winston Churchill abolished 'Road Tax' and its about time the term was abolished from the English dictionary, often misquoted at other road users ie; YOU DON'T PAY ROAD TAX! so you can't use the road!

[SV650rules]

Only about 4% of council tax income gets spent on roads, and only about 25% of combined VED and fuel duty income to central government goes towards roads, rest goes into General tax pot. Councils will always cut the things people notice the most to inconvenience the public and build a case for more funding, potholes are becoming an epidemic in pretty much every area, public complaints used to squeeze money out of central government. If all money from motorists was spent on roads they would be gold plated.

[Chris_SVS]

Even if it was ringfenced, it's not enough so be careful what you wish for

*cycles off into the distance avoiding potholes*

[Luckypants]

This thread is also no longer called Road Tax, but Vehicle Excise Duty

[Red Herring]

I'm not that bothered by the state of the roads, in fact the worse they get the better. At the moment people think they can drive around with their head in whatever electronic device either entertains or protects them so the sooner they get a reality check and have to pay attention to what's happening outside the vehicle the better. As motorcyclists we should be quite adept at reading the road surface so just pay attention and ride around them.

Wind up mode now turned off....... The reality is there is only so much money to go around and their priorities have been elsewhere all the time the roads were "adequate". We're now rapidly approaching the point when they are not and as SV650rules points out, governments traditionally react to public demand in one way or another just so they can maintain the popular vote. Right, wrong or common sense doesn't come into it.

[ophic]

Originally Posted by Red Herring

...governments...

Originally Posted by Red Herring

Right, wrong or common sense doesn't come into it.

Couldn't have put it better myself

[Red ones]

Let's redirect government funds towards potholes and away from the health service and social care.