chipspice Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 has anyone had a leaflet offering free travel for a day? i am ashamed to say i went into pedant mode and noticed they had stated that travelling by bus was road tax and insurance free. surely they must mean car tax? there hasn't been such thing as road tax for decades? the roads are paid for out of taxation (council tax) which we all pay. If a travel company doesn't know the facts, how is anyone else supposed to? rant over. I think I need to eat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 has anyone had a leaflet offering free travel for a day? i am ashamed to say i went into pedant mode and noticed they had stated that travelling by bus was road tax and insurance free. surely they must mean car tax? there hasn't been such thing as road tax for decades? the roads are paid for out of taxation (council tax) which we all pay. If a travel company doesn't know the facts, how is anyone else supposed to? rant over. I think I need to eat I have a car sitting in my garage..it isn't taxed but still totally legal...as soon as I want to use it on the road I must pay tax..."road tax" seems as good a name as any for it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altus Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 I have a car sitting in my garage..it isn't taxed but still totally legal...as soon as I want to use it on the road I must pay tax..."road tax" seems as good a name as any for it... The amount of tax you pay depends on the emissions of your vehicle, not how much you use the road. So car tax is a better term for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 The amount of tax you pay depends on the emissions of your vehicle, not how much you use the road. So car tax is a better term for it. Still can't use the road without it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altus Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Still can't use the road without it.. Some vehicles have such low emissions they are zero rated for it. So they get to use the road without paying anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Some vehicles have such low emissions they are zero rated for it. So they get to use the road without paying anything. I know.. but they still need a disc in the window to go on the road.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 I have a car sitting in my garage..it isn't taxed but still totally legal...as soon as I want to use it on the road I must pay tax..."road tax" seems as good a name as any for it... But you know full well that it's actually called vehicle excise duty. So they didn't mean road or car tax, they meant VED. And buses aren't exempt anyway! And the passengers do pay for it, via buying a ticket, just like they pay for insurance as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 But you know full well that it's actually called vehicle excise duty. So they didn't mean road or car tax, they meant VED. And buses aren't exempt anyway! And the passengers do pay for it, via buying a ticket, just like they pay for insurance as well. I know full well what it's called thank you but in reality it's a road tax.. a tax paid to be able to use the road.. whatever you call it that's what it boils down to.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altus Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 I know full well what it's called thank you but in reality it's a road tax.. a tax paid to be able to use the road.. whatever you call it that's what it boils down to.. No. What it is is VED. You can think of it as road tax if you like but just remember it doesn't give you any more right to the road than anyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 No. What it is is VED. You can think of it as road tax if you like but just remember it doesn't give you any more right to the road than anyone else. Never said it did.. Why did you think I thought it would? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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