Cycling is not good for the environment

[Drago]

And dead people emit CO2 as they decay, so tax them too.

 

[Drago]

They don't have any form of vehicle specific taxation , like our car tax. The tax on the vehicle purchase and the fuel used is the only contribution they make, so In would think their public roads receive their funding from elsewhere.

 

[subaqua]

They don't have any form of vehicle specific taxation , like our car tax. The tax on the vehicle purchase and the fuel used is the only contribution they make, so In would think their public roads receive their funding from elsewhere.

Licence plates ?

 

[Sara_H]

They don't have any form of vehicle specific taxation , like our car tax. The tax on the vehicle purchase and the fuel used is the only contribution they make, so In would think their public roads receive their funding from elsewhere.

Later on in the comments someone states that 3% of the cost of maintaining and building roads is through motoring specific taxes, the rest through general taxes.
So it sounds like a similar situation to here really, that motoring is subsidised massively by general taxation.
If you try to tell this to people I find they refuse to believe it.
The public at large are under the misguided impression that motoring contributes positively to the economy.

 

[briantrumpet]

Later on in the comments someone states that 3% of the cost of maintaining and building roads is through motoring specific taxes, the rest through general taxes.
So it sounds like a similar situation to here really, that motoring is subsidised massively by general taxation.
If you try to tell this to people I find they refuse to believe it.
The public at large are under the misguided impression that motoring contributes positively to the economy.

I really hate to be contrary on this matter (I often have 'discussions' with a motoring-mad friend about it), but who does one believe?: http://www.iam-bristol.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=538&Itemid=1

 

[summerdays]

I really hate to be contrary on this matter (I often have 'discussions' with a motoring-mad friend about it), but who does one believe?: http://www.iam-bristol.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=538&Itemid=1

They missed out the cost of pollution, emergency services, general traffic policing, health because it isn't safe to walk little Jonny to school cos all the other Mums drive etc

 

[Drago]

The Instutue of Ageing Muppets aren't to be taken seriously, either as a pressure group or as a training body.

 

[briantrumpet]

They missed out the cost of pollution, emergency services, general traffic policing, health because it isn't safe to walk little Jonny to school cos all the other Mums drive etc

I realise that the IAM is not a disinterested organisation, but is there an unbiased source for a more inclusive figure? Especially after the recent election I've got very wary of any statistics, as everyone was cherry-picking to a ridiculous degree, even the Greens. If the 'cycling lobby' blames all the world's ills and government expenditure on cycle-phobic motorists, they tend to get agitated. I would rather like to have an inclusive but realistic breakdown of motoring taxes and expenditure from a reliable disinterested source.

 

[Tin Pot]

I think some people have been misguided into thinking tax was about fairness and spend was directly related to taxation. It isn't.

Tax is generated wherever people will pay - and spent wherever the government thinks it should be spent.

These are not always the same.

And quite rightly so.

 

[ayceejay]

Did you see the clouds over southern Italy today as those heavy breathing heart pumping cyclists race up some mountains? Disgraceful I call it interfering with the weather like that thank goodness tomorrow is Sunday and I can mow the lawn unless those selfish Lycra clad gits make it rain,