Should cyclists pay road tax rant on Digital Spy forum....

[betty swollocks]

anyone feel like weighing in?

 

[Theseus]

Not really, same old, same old.

 

[betty swollocks]

Not really, same old, same old.

My thoughts too.
One or two making a valiant effort though: good luck to them.

 

[TheDoctor]

OMFG something is wrong on teh interweb LOL

 

[numbnuts]

No one pays road tax anymore it called Vehicle Excise Duty

 

[Dan B]

Driver: "You don't pay road tax"
Cyclist: "Nor would you if you didn't have to, so don't get all moral-high-ground on me"

or less constructively

Driver: "You don't pay road tax"
Cyclist: "No, and I don't pay for sex either"

 

[tyred]

To the driver who comments about being held up by cyclists making him 5 minutes late for work, easy solution, leave home 5 minute (or preferably 10) minutes earlier. Twit.

 

[davefb]

moan moan, see all the offences.. 'when was last time you saw'


right i'll start with

'when was last time you saw a cyclist breaking the speed limit or a car driver observing it'

hmm thought i had a login for digitalspy

 

[magnatom]

Oh.... the temptation to post one of my filtering videos there is hard to resist......

 

[davefb]

the road tax one is actually annoying when you think about it..

PAYE payers pay the same as all the others ( so discounting tax on petrol) we contribute to road funding..


but we get very little for it specific to us and we dont damage the roads like cars and wagons do!


( i guess motorcyclists probably have the same rant )

 

[Dan B]

To the driver who comments about being held up by cyclists making him 5 minutes late for work

"... Is it my fault your car is too fat to get past? If you were riding a bike there'd be plenty of room for you to overtake"

I think that second espresso has sedated my diplomacy glands

 

[Dan B]

'when was last time you saw a cyclist breaking the speed limit '

Last week, in Hyde Park
[/smartarse]

 

[davefb]

Oh.... the temptation to post one of my filtering videos there is hard to resist......

i dont get the 'well get out my way' or 'filtering on the left is illegal'

1. tell you what, when you're driving in your car, and i'm in mine,, why dont you just drive in the kerb so i can go past,, no? why not? if the kerb isnt good enough for a car with 4 large wheels and nice suspension, why is it somehow where bikes must live ?

2. read the highway code mate, if you're ready to pass me at that distance, then why is it suddenly illegal for me to filter, its even stated as legal to 'undertake' let alone filter if someone is stationary..



hehe, 8 weeks cycling and i'm converted

 

[davefb]

Last week, in Hyde Park
[/smartarse]

lol


ooh
http://www.londoncyclist.co.uk/features/cyclist-fined/

can't be fined , ( IANAL )

 

[ComedyPilot]

I am in a REALLY argumentative mood at the moment, but don't have the patience to wait for my (possible) Digital Spy registration to be ok'd.