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IIRC (and this was dear to my heart in the UK as a non-motor-vehicle-driving taxpayer), road tax isn't a thing. There's vehicle excise duty, but that's not earm
by fengazer 7y ago
IIRC (and this was dear to my heart in the UK as a non-motor-vehicle-driving taxpayer), road tax isn't a thing. There's vehicle excise duty, but that's not earmarked for roads (since 1937, according to https://ipayroadtax.com/no-such-thing-as-road-tax/bring-back-the-road-fund/ https://ipayroadtax.com/no-such-thing-as-road-tax/bring-back...).
Also:
"The maintenance and improvement of these roads are funded through local council taxes, fees, and central government grants." - https://www.loc.gov/law/help/infrastructure-funding/englandandwales.php https://www.loc.gov/law/help/infrastructure-funding/englanda...
So rest assured that if you pay tax in the UK, you pay for roads along with other infrastructure and services.
And now for something completely different... I recall being told, by a man who knocked on my door in a college residence, that the van had detected my television. I had no television set. He asked to come in and look. I declined and he went away. Either enforcement by deception, or a creep using a pretext to get into womens' college rooms. Either way, bad!
I do miss the BBC website without ads and BBC iPlayer though. We had a television in later years (and a license).