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If the proposed Scottish cycle road tax was proportional to the car tax [by what ever method], would that be about 5p! Isn't this just another go at getting cyclists registered Big Brother style.

Didn't someone once work out what the cost of road would be if it really did pay for the road system? I seem to remember a figure of about £1500?

Zero emmision vehicles pay £0 so it would just be a paperwork hassle.

Of course the cars that get a zero rating create more emissions than our bikes. So in fairness you should get a £20 rebate on your other vehicles VED for each bike that you own.

seank wrote:Didn't someone once work out what the cost of road would be if it really did pay for the road system? I seem to remember a figure of about £1500?

no. obviously it would depend upon your mileage.
21p a mile is the figure that society subsidises the motorist, if you look back at previous threads on the issue

seank wrote:If the proposed Scottish cycle road tax

There has never been a proposal to set up a "Scottish cycle road tax".

Where on earth did you get this from? Never heard of it. Probably a scare tactic by anti nat.politicians

bodach wrote:Where on earth did you get this from? Never heard of it. Probably a scare tactic by anti nat.politicians

You'll find the proposal on page 47 of the Scottish Government's consultation document "Cycling Action Plan For Scotland".

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc ... 081826.pdf

"10. Should all road users pay road tax? If so, how much should it be for cyclists
and how could it be enforced?"

Obviously once people responded pointing out the stupidity of the suggestion it was dumped.

http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/A-roa ... 5973133.jp

Just because it is posed as a question in a consultation, doesn't mean that it's a proposal; especially in the way it is worded. If it had said, "we think it would be a good idea to make cyclists pay road tax, what do you think?" it would be a bit different. It's what is known as a non-story.

irc wrote:You'll find the proposal on page 47 of the Scottish Government's consultation document "Cycling Action Plan For Scotland".

A government proposal would be laid out in formal terms.
The questionnaire you refer to is nothing other than a set of (rather blunt) spurs designed to provoke discussion.

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It just goes to show how careful you have to be with your language. It would be so easy to assume it's a proposal for tacks on roads for cyclists. ( Let's hope nobody thinks it was a proposal for attacks on cyclists using the road.)

Re:- thread title
One word. Stupid!

With the state of these islands at present how any politrickian can waste a nano second of his/her time on such a stupid idea is beyond me.
Any voter who lives in Scotland could do a lot better than voting for any set of pratts assembled together and calling themselves a party(? )who spend their time considering such tripe.

reohn2 wrote:Re:- thread title
One word. Stupid!

With the state of these islands at present how any politrickian can waste a nano second of his/her time on such a stupid idea is beyond me.
Any voter who lives in Scotland could do a lot better than voting for any set of pratts assembled together and calling themselves a party(? )who spend their time considering such tripe.

Did you read this thread before posting?

Ron wrote:

reohn2 wrote:Re:- thread title
One word. Stupid!

With the state of these islands at present how any politrickian can waste a nano second of his/her time on such a stupid idea is beyond me.
Any voter who lives in Scotland could do a lot better than voting for any set of pratts assembled together and calling themselves a party(? )who spend their time considering such tripe.

Did you read this thread before posting?

yes and read IRC's links,Have I missed something,is it all a hoax?

Ron wrote:

irc wrote:You'll find the proposal on page 47 of the Scottish Government's consultation document "Cycling Action Plan For Scotland".

A government proposal would be laid out in formal terms.
The questionnaire you refer to is nothing other than a set of (rather blunt) spurs designed to provoke discussion.

I stand corrected. It wasn't a proposal. It was though an option put forward in a Scottish Govt paper not a story someone invented.

irc wrote:

Ron wrote:

irc wrote:You'll find the proposal on page 47 of the Scottish Government's consultation document "Cycling Action Plan For Scotland".

A government proposal would be laid out in formal terms.
The questionnaire you refer to is nothing other than a set of (rather blunt) spurs designed to provoke discussion.

I stand corrected. It wasn't a proposal. It was though an option put forward in a Scottish Govt paper not a story someone invented.

As I said not something a sane man would give moments thought to.

irc wrote:It was though an option put forward in a Scottish Govt paper not a story someone invented.

It was a question, not a proposal.
I quote from the document.
"Q10. Should all road users pay a road tax? If so, how much should it be for cyclists, and how could it be enforced?"

The worst thing about this whole business is The Scotsman newspaper misleading the public by printing an inaccurate report.