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There's no such thing as road tax, roads are paid for out of general taxation [0]. What they're thinking is vehicle excise duty, which doesn't apply to all vehi
by gideonparanoid 9y ago
There's no such thing as road tax, roads are paid for out of general taxation [0]. What they're thinking is vehicle excise duty, which doesn't apply to all vehicles, so that point is moot.
[0] http://ipayroadtax.com/ http://ipayroadtax.com/
- mnwg 9y agoThe word is "moo" not "moot" - It means it's like a cow's opinion..."moo"
- dang 9y agoPlease don't post unsubstantive comments here.
- sokoloff 9y agoI would assume drivers are also thinking of the fuel tax they pay, not solely the excise tax. The UK has some of the highest rates of fuel taxation in the world.
- kqr 9y agoWhich is something you pay, at least in abstract, for someone else to clean up the carbon dioxide you litter the atmosphere with. If you dpn't want to pay the cleaning fee, don't litter -- take the bike!
- sokoloff 9y agoIs that same level of tax levied on heating oil? If so, that bolsters the case that it's a carbon tax. If, as in the US, heating oil is untaxed or is taxed at a fractional rate of automotive fuels, that suggests that it's a road tax and not a carbon tax. This chart suggests that it's the latter (substantially a road tax more than a carbon tax): https://www.gov.uk/guidance/fuel-duty#rates https://www.gov.uk/guidance/fuel-duty#rates