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My boss was complaining to me today that his household road tax bill now reaches £2000. That'll teach him!!!
Road Tax Complaint
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wafflycat
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WTF is 'household road tax' supposed to be?
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I'm sorry maybe I should have explained it better (although I thought it was quite simple). When I said "household road tax" I was talking about how much road tax he and his family have to pay accumulatively for their cars. As in "household income".
fossyant
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He's got too many cars then...shame !
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Maz said:
Yup, I also overheard something about disablity badges today. Trying to avoid the £25 congestion charge perhaps?
wafflycat
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Repeat after me...
"There is no such thing as road tax. It is Vehicle Excise Duty: payable in respect of the vehicle, not the road."
"There is no such thing as road tax. It is Vehicle Excise Duty: payable in respect of the vehicle, not the road."
davidwalton
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wafflycat said:
Thank you, and the changes in VED are in relation to VEHICLE ownership, not roads. At no time does a vehicle, or vehicle group own a road.
BentMikey
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Ahahahahahahaaaahaaaahaaaa!!!!!
fossyant
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I think I pay about 10p per mile on VED these days, given my car might do 1700 miles say this year..... blooming expensive...ah well !!!!
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OK let's get something straight. I am well aware that there is no such thing as "road tax" and that the proper terminology is VED. BUT if you are going to be pedantic about it, then so be it. I'm pretty sure if you were to go into a post office or a police station and ask about VED, they'd probably think you were talking about some kind of sexual infection or explosive device. In fact I actually feel like I'm being told off by the classroom geek.
wafflycat
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No, last time I renewed the VED for my car at the post office, the person behind the counter knew exactly what VED was. 
The thing is, using the term 'road tax' helps perpetuate the myth that somehow, it's motorists that pay for the roads, which somehow, legitimises the bad behaviour of too many with cries of 'Cyclists don't pay road tax' or 'I pay my road tax!' to cyclists by errant motorists and the tabloid press in their eyes. It's the 'poor, put-upon, beleagured motorist' syndrome. That's why the use of the term 'road tax' should be challenged.
The thing is, using the term 'road tax' helps perpetuate the myth that somehow, it's motorists that pay for the roads, which somehow, legitimises the bad behaviour of too many with cries of 'Cyclists don't pay road tax' or 'I pay my road tax!' to cyclists by errant motorists and the tabloid press in their eyes. It's the 'poor, put-upon, beleagured motorist' syndrome. That's why the use of the term 'road tax' should be challenged.
