We Should be Paid to Cycle!

[Hacienda71]

As I rode along the country lane in the sunshine on my way to work this morning, I have to confess to slipping into a day dream about a utopia where we were paid by the government to ride our bikes to work as part of a carbon offset programme. I am not talking about cycle to work schemes or not paying any VED. No proper payments for riding our bikes to work £5 a day maybe. Then I woke from my day dream and remembered I needed to scalp the two cyclists who were in front of me on the hill I was cycling up.

Just thought I would share my musings of a morning....

 

[fossyant]

I get paid 20p for business miles.

Reminds me, I must put in my next claim !

 

[Mile195]

That would be nice!.. I might add that to my "when I rule the world" manifesto... I might have to drop something else though to fit it in - it's already getting quite long...

 

[Moodyman]

Getting paid to do something we enjoy doing?

That would be nice.

 

[Boris Bajic]

I used to get 40p per mile for car use where there was no public-transport alternative, 27p per mile where there was and 15p a mile for using my bicycle.

That wasn't for commuting, but for business travel. As I rode between Departments in London, I could crank up a decent mileage.

Also, that chap Figgins, Biggins or similar is paid to ride a bicycle, although he does seem to make a bit of a song and dance about it.

Similarly, my postman is paid to ride a bicycle.

 

[HLaB]

I get paid 20p for business miles.

Reminds me, I must put in my next claim !

I think that's what we get too but at most I get £5 and most months it'd be 0-50p :-/

 

[Manonabike]

Well, farmers used to be paid for not growing certain crops. I think they are now paid to grow certain crops. All part of a strategy to control over production. If I remember correctly the strategy was used to control over production of milk, tomatoes, etc. Not sure what is the current strategy now.

So, being paid for cycling to work would not be a daft idea IMHO. However, I think the strategy is to make fuel so expensive that some people are force to cycle to work.

 

[Maz]

Well, farmers used to be paid for not growing certain crops.

Interesting idea. I wish some farmer would contract out this work to me, for not growing pineapples, for example.

 

[RedRider]

Great pro-active idea in the OP! Would work IMO but would have to include an element of trust in the system lest an off putting bureaucracy to go alongside.
I'm also a lucky one who gets paid a flat £20 a month to cycle to work/shimmy between sites (whenever I remember to claim).

 

[mickle]

They pay people £5,000 to buy ****ing electric cars.

 

[Maz]

They pay people £5,000 to buy ****ing electric cars.

Shocking.

 

[fossyant]

I think that's what we get too but at most I get £5 and most months it'd be 0-50p :-/

I average about £10 per month ! Got 33 miles business to claim this week though !

 

[green1]

Shocking.

 

[Maylian]

I get paid £1 for cycling into work, makes it nice to buy new bibs, tri-suits and stuff with works money

 

[Kies]

I can claim my mileage and diesel (via IMAP) .... 22 miles each way :-)

Just wish i used rule 5 more and rode more often!