A1067 - Lenwade

duncan · Post by **duncan** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 2:56 pm

If they did away with car tax and just added 0.5p per litre onto petrol - that would save so much money collecting, prosecuting and generally trying to process the damned tax discs.

jungle-jim · Post by **jungle-jim** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 2:59 pm

i've got a can of worms here.... anyone got an tin opener? :-D :-D

i'm gonna buy a 25 yr old beetle and stick a scooby lump in it to get tax free driving lol.

and run it on bio ethanol :-D :-D

duncan · Post by **duncan** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 3:12 pm

Is there anywhere local that sells Bio Ethanol?

or shall we grow our own supply?

jungle-jim · Post by **jungle-jim** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 3:33 pm

dynamix wrote:Is there anywhere local that sells Bio Ethanol?

or shall we grow our own supply?

morrisons my friend, morrisons

we could grow something else that can pay for our expensive past time?

kev@tga · Post by **kev@tga** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 4:48 pm

i agree with dunk on the extra cost on fuel to cover road tax as no one would be able avoid not paying it and it would cut down alot of man hours and irrelivant letters from the dlva, plus the more miles you do the more road tax you will pay :thumb: just my pennys worth

gary@apt · Post by **gary@apt** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 6:18 pm

sounds good to me i thought it was just me you were after :-D

do you run the same thing around here as they show on tv were if car isnt taxed and insured it seized and a fee to get it back if not its crushed???

car tax on fuel would just be another excuse to raise prices,plus no good for big companys who do miles!!

pc185 wrote:
stuartstaples wrote:Nice to see the Feds concentrating on a black spot, ie no schools, no bends just a nice straight, wide open road with the nearest kids two miles away :roll:
Mob handed from what I saw too..........points win prizes eh Chris?
Damn right!!!! Makes easy pickings and helps us get our ticket targets :lol: :lol:

In fact you'd be wrong.. It was actually an ANPR operation we were conducting.

Link for anpr http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_ ... ecognition

Using a vehicle fitted with anpr we are able to target vehicles with no keeper, no tax, no insurance, information markers, stolen, crime markers..

You'd be surprised how many vehicles we stopped and dealt with and also how many criminals too!!!

duncan · Post by **duncan** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 6:22 pm

point taken on the tax gary - I am sure that the amount raised by car tax would be a drop in the ocean compared to scrapping it and saving all that bureacracy.

4 policemen for a day isnt cheap let alone judges, court costs, DVLC computer systems etc etc - blanace that against what is raised and I am sure there wouldnt be much in it.

Such a waste to crush cars though - why not sell them on and put the money to good use?