What about the people who actually need a 4x4? I can think of a few cases with people I know who stay in pretty remote areas with no tarmac leading up to their doors...
The standard argument trotted out in the past was that 'they should be living and working in a city and then won't need one'
I do find it quite sad that whenever taxation on cars is discussed, the prejudiced few always draw 4x4's into the debate....
The solution to vehicle excise duty, car insurance and valid mot is so easy it is ridiculous.
When a vehicle owner has paid the ved, has valid car insurance and a valid mot they get issued with an electronic card. This card has to inserted into a reader on the petrol pump before it will dispense the fuel. No valid card - no fuel - no vehicle on the road.
There is an easier solution though - use a bicycle and you won't need fossil fuels, ved, mot or insurance!
A bit awkward for me to do all the time - my commute is 115 miles each way... call me a wimp if you like but I am not up to cycling that distance then doing a days work then cycling it home again!
The solution to vehicle excise duty, car insurance and valid mot is so easy it is ridiculous.
When a vehicle owner has paid the ved, has valid car insurance and a valid mot they get issued with an electronic card. This card has to inserted into a reader on the petrol pump before it will dispense the fuel. No valid card - no fuel - no vehicle on the road.
There is an easier solution though - use a bicycle and you won't need fossil fuels, ved, mot or insurance!
A bit awkward for me to do all the time - my commute is 115 miles each way... call me a wimp if you like but I am not up to cycling that distance then doing a days work then cycling it home again!
The solution to vehicle excise duty, car insurance and valid mot is so easy it is ridiculous.
When a vehicle owner has paid the ved, has valid car insurance and a valid mot they get issued with an electronic card. This card has to inserted into a reader on the petrol pump before it will dispense the fuel. No valid card - no fuel - no vehicle on the road.
No I don't. Currently staying in pretty awful digs Monday to Thursday. Will trying to get something else sorted in the new year. And nowhere secure to lock my bike at the digs!I take it you don't commute that distance every day ?
I would get a job closer if I could but nothing doing at the moment. Recession has hit kind of hard in my industry. It is tough for the family and for me. My daughters hate it, and so do I as I am missing so much of them including the Christmas show this coming week.I kinda like that idea, but garages can't even get pay at the pump to work so I doubt that could get any other card system working...
115 miles is a bit ridiculous, not thought about moving/getting a job closer to home?
That is a possibilty and I didn't say my solution was perfect. No doubt there are bugs that would need to be worked out.It is ridiculous, you're right. Uninsured driver with no mot or ved just has to borrow his mate's card. Fill 'er up!
GC
Thats very true and something I keep on at my wife about. My daughters school is only 1/2 a mile away and when I was last on leave we walked it twice a day (with the dog). My wife just won't do that because there is a "main road" between us and the school (alright it is the road with the worst accident record in Essex) but even so it is only 1/2 a mile!The trouble with cars is that driving is free.
It's only the filling-up process that's expensive.
If you had to put real folding money into a slot in the dash before the car would start every time, many people would think a lot harder about how much they needed to drive round the corner to the paper shop or ferry the kids half a mile to school.