understanding 'road tax'

[BigonaBianchi]

http://ipayroadtax.com/no-such-thing-as-road-tax/who-pays-road-tax/

I just read this. Imho it was worth me doing so to be more edookated on the facts for when the next numpty driver screams at me to get off the road and pay road tax.

Take it or leave it .

I just found it usefull.

 

[PocketFrog]

That's a lot of information to shout back while they pass at 70mph, do you think it's acceptable to condense it all into the following?:

"Toss off you nobber"

 

[DiddlyDodds]

Yaaawwwnnnn zzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

[MontyVeda]

nobody understands road tax... even the nobbers who think they pay it

 

[Ningishzidda]

I have been shouted at regarding no RFL disc on my bicycle.
IME, motorists shout those kind of remarks at cyclists who are riding like plonkers.

There are two types of Plonker on a bike.
The first type are the ones who ride dead slow and drift out into the middle of the lane at every ‘pinch point’ no matter how long the queue of other road users is.
The second type are the ones who weave in and out of traffic at speed, ride across reds and nip across footpaths to take a shortcut.

I have experimented with being both types of plonkers; and a good cyclist.

The shouts come when I imitate a plonker.

 

[BigonaBianchi]

I have been shouted at regarding no RFL disc on my bicycle.
IME, motorists shout those kind of remarks at cyclists who are riding like plonkers.

There are two types of Plonker on a bike.
The first type are the ones who ride dead slow and drift out into the middle of the lane at every ‘pinch point’ no matter how long the queue of other road users is.
The second type are the ones who weave in and out of traffic at speed, ride across reds and nip across footpaths to take a shortcut.

I have experimented with being both types of plonkers; and a good cyclist.

The shouts come when I imitate a plonker.

Not always the case mate. I get it a lot here and I don't ride as you describe, ever.

 

[Cycling Dan]

I find it difficult to understand something which does not exist no amount of documents or posts is going to help me on this one.

 

[Kookas]

I have been shouted at regarding no RFL disc on my bicycle.
IME, motorists shout those kind of remarks at cyclists who are riding like plonkers.

There are two types of Plonker on a bike.
The first type are the ones who ride dead slow and drift out into the middle of the lane at every ‘pinch point’ no matter how long the queue of other road users is.
The second type are the ones who weave in and out of traffic at speed, ride across reds and nip across footpaths to take a shortcut.

I have experimented with being both types of plonkers; and a good cyclist.

The shouts come when I imitate a plonker.

Slow cyclists have as much of a right to safety as the quicker ones.

That said, if I had my way, any cyclist doing below 10 mph would be legally allowed on the pavement.

 

[Kookas]

[QUOTE 2473656, member: 259"]Someone passing at 10mph is pretty fast if you're a pedestrian!

Cyclists over here are allowed to ride on pavements "at walking speed" - whatever that means...[/quote]

True, but most people hit 8 mph in a mad dash for the bus, yet running is fine on the pavement. Walking speed sounds terrible, though - I think you'd actually be more dangerous at 4mph than 10 simply because you no longer have the gyroscopic effect helping you to balance and maintain a straight & steady course.

 

[snorri]

the facts for when the next numpty driver screams at me to get off the road and pay road tax.
Take it or leave it .
I just found it usefull.

I find that by trying to maintain a speed above 10 mph, I am unable to interpret what any driver shouts, if indeed any driver has ever shouted at me.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Maybe you could engrave the web address and CR's twitter details on half a house brick and lob it in the direction of anyone making a palaver about a non existent for the last 70 years tax levy. *joke*