Cycling Tax and Insurance

Disky

How long before tax and insurance is required for riding a bicycle??

I get the impresson that most posters here would welcome such a development, a lot of people on high horses.

Limestone1

Disky wrote: »

How long before tax and insurance is required for riding a bicycle??

I get the impresson that most posters here would welcome such a development, a lot of people on high horses.

Do you mean on high bicycles ?

RobFowl

:rolleyes:

niceonetom

like this?



Hard to stop on one of these so it's best just to ignore red lights.

Neigh.

tunney

I have insurance on my bike. 3rd party.
I have a car so I pay motor tax.

Lumen

Oh look, it's Friday.

Disky

Dónal wrote: »

Neigh.

You think not? I will wager you €50 that a tax will be brought in within the next 5 years.

Profiler

Disky wrote: »

How long before tax and insurance is required for riding a bicycle??

They already exist, however they are directly linked to and reduced in accordance with emissions and carbon footprints, the consequence of which is you owe us €15,000,000,000.

We take, cash and or credit card, now how would you like to pay?

TinyExplosions

Disky wrote: »

You think not? I will wager you €50 that a tax will be brought in within the next 5 years.

If you mean something comparable to motor tax, I'll take that wager, no problem at all

Chips Lovell

Disky wrote: »

I get the impresson that most posters here would welcome such a development...

And how did you form that impression?

Caroline_ie

Anyone for cake?

Disky

el tonto wrote: »

And how did you form that impression?

Well, I read through a thread on some fella getting a summons for breaking a traffic light. Most people seemed to think that the death penalty was an option...... Applying that worldview to this situation I then drew my conclusion highlighted aove.

Profiler

Caroline_ie wrote: »

Anyone for cake?

Is it carrot cake?

Chips Lovell

Disky wrote: »

Well, I read through a thread on some fella getting a summons for breaking a traffic light. Most people seemed to think that the death penalty was an option...... Applying that worldview to this situation I then drew my conclusion highlighted aove.

Your logic is flawless. Well done.

niceonetom

I took this photo in halfords yesterday.

kenmc

It lacks a focal point, the leading lines are all wrong, it's cluttered, noisy and the reflectors are too bright.

ROK ON

Firstly, there is a tax on bikes. It's called VAT. We all pay it.
Any other tax on bikes is unworkable unless its a form of license (a la tv license). How is my 4 1/2 yr old daughter going to pay a tax on her little pink fixie.

Caroline_ie wrote: »

Anyone for cake?

Now to bring it back on topic, yes. I (as always) am for cake. Particularly choccie fudge, lemon drizzle or that choc & bananna thing that they have in the cafe in Laragh. I may even take a detour on the WW200 to laragh for that cake. I mean it will probably be the only day of the year where you dont have to queue in the cafe, as the rest of the cyclists will be 15km down the road in Rathdrum.

flickerx

unionman

There's a fly buzzing around my office.

Is there any cake left?

E@gle.

Profiler wrote: »

Is it carrot cake?

There is a Cafe in Laragh (dont know the name) that do excellent carrot cake.

Jawgap

Caroline_ie wrote: »

Anyone for cake?

I'd offer to bring the Coke along, but anyone doing the WW200 is prohibited from having fizzy drinks:)

Instead of a tax why not just put toll booths in around the city - or better still make number plates for bicyles compulsory - that way people can be charged when they jump red lights!

cosmic

cake?

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/03_01/ChriMorris_468x336.jpg

Raam

Not really relevant. Just wanted to post it.

Disky

ROK ON wrote: »

Any other tax on bikes is unworkable unless its a form of license (a la tv license) .

So you think a licence should be introduced?? Maybe they could appeal to the snobs by including how many hours of Eurosport you watch every summer, or even the amount you have splashed on some carbon frame to save 500 grams, vital when you are hauling 17st up some hill.

Lets face it, there are people who ride a bicycle and then there are CYCLISTS. Lets get that straight, I basically think all non CYCLISTS should be put off the road.

ROK ON wrote: »

How is my 4 1/2 yr old daughter going to pay a tax on her little pink fixie.

Arrest Daddy?

tunney

Think its going to rain tomorrow.

unionman

kenmc

Raam wrote: »

Not really relevant. Just wanted to post it.

Holy shít my grandparents used to have 2 of them on the mantlepiece. Brings back memories of childhood. Thanks!

flickerx

Disky wrote: »

Lets face it, there are people who ride a bicycle and then there are CYCLISTS. Lets get that straight, I basically think all non CYCLISTS should be put off the road.

kenmc

Disky wrote: »

So you think a licence should be introduced?? Maybe they could appeal to the snobs by including how many hours of Eurosport you watch every summer, or even the amount you have splashed on some carbon frame to save 500 grams, vital when you are hauling 17st up some hill.

Will you feel better if we all agree with you, or are you just looking for an argument?

Chips Lovell

World's longest sausage:

zzzzzzzz

flickerx wrote: »

kenmc

teehee!

Disky

kenmc wrote: »

Will you feel better if we all agree with you, or are you just looking for an argument?

That depends, what if I told you I was a Guard.

You would agree with everything I said, no?

blorg

Disky wrote:

Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 8

Do you think tax and mandatory insurance should be introduced for bicycles Disky? Hard to see the point of your post beyond having a bit of a troll on a Friday TBH.

If you actually did a search you would see there was a 19 page thread on this very question where the general consensus was "no."

unionman

Disky wrote: »

How long before tax and insurance is required for riding a bicycle??

I get the impresson that most posters here would welcome such a development, a lot of people on high horses.

Disky wrote: »

You think not? I will wager you €50 that a tax will be brought in within the next 5 years.

Disky wrote: »

Well, I read through a thread on some fella getting a summons for breaking a traffic light. Most people seemed to think that the death penalty was an option...... Applying that worldview to this situation I then drew my conclusion highlighted aove.

Disky wrote: »

So you think a licence should be introduced?? Maybe they could appeal to the snobs by including how many hours of Eurosport you watch every summer, or even the amount you have splashed on some carbon frame to save 500 grams, vital when you are hauling 17st up some hill.

Lets face it, there are people who ride a bicycle and then there are CYCLISTS. Lets get that straight, I basically think all non CYCLISTS should be put off the road.



Arrest Daddy?

Chips Lovell

BeerNut

Disky wrote: »

That depends, what if I told you I was a Guard.

You would agree with everything I said, no?

Disky

kenmc wrote: »

teehee!

But this revenue could be used to provide hospital beds.

Are you seriously suggesting that you would prefer children to lie in toilets?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/heal-our-hospitals/5412458/Row-as-terminally-ill-woman-given-bed-in-hospital-bathroom.html

zzzzzzzz

Jawgap

Disky wrote: »

So you think a licence should be introduced?? Maybe they could appeal to the snobs by including how many hours of Eurosport you watch every summer, or even the amount you have splashed on some carbon frame to save 500 grams, vital when you are hauling 17st up some hill.

Lets face it, there are people who ride a bicycle and then there are CYCLISTS. Lets get that straight, I basically think all non CYCLISTS should be put off the road.



Arrest Daddy?

No. this is the way it would work.

Guard stops 4 year old on pink fixie and demands to see licence and prooof of insurance.

4 year old looks at Guard

Guard asks four year old for name and address

4 Year old gives name, can't for the life of her remember address

Guard suspects said cyclist is operating a pedal cycle without tax or insurance and confiscates bike under Section 108 of the RTA 1961 using force if necessary

Editorial appears in local paper condemning parents for the delinquency of their 4 year old kids

Guard gets promoted

Money raised gets us out of the recession!

kenmc

Disky wrote: »

But this revenue could be used to provide hospital beds.

Are you seriously suggesting that you would prefer children to lie in toilets?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/heal-our-hospitals/5412458/Row-as-terminally-ill-woman-given-bed-in-hospital-bathroom.html

Thats in Liverpool, so our tax would not help at all, seeing as it's a different country.

unionman

Disky wrote: »

But this revenue could be used to provide hospital beds.

Are you seriously suggesting that you would prefer children to lie in toilets?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/heal-our-hospitals/5412458/Row-as-terminally-ill-woman-given-bed-in-hospital-bathroom.html

Caroline_ie

el tonto wrote: »

World's longest sausage:

Cake, Sausage and Coke, who is bringing the beer?

Jawgap

Disky wrote: »

That depends, what if I told you I was a Guard.

You would agree with everything I said, no?

I'd say you are exactly what's to be expected coming out of Templemore and are undoubtedly on course to be Commissioner some day.......

Disky

blorg wrote: »

Do you think tax and mandatory insurance should be introduced for bicycles Disky?

Of course not. And I don't think that cyclists should be summoned for breaking a light, or for not having a light at night.

You see I am not one of these little Hitler types that seem to swarm all over this forum.

Lumen

tunney wrote: »

Think its going to rain tomorrow.

That 180km TT is going to be fun. Maybe you should do it in a wetsuit.

unionman

Disky wrote: »

Of course not. And I don't think that cyclists should be summoned for breaking a light, or for not having a light at night.

You see I am not one of these little Hitler types that seem to swarm all over this forum.

kenmc

Disky wrote: »

You see I am not one of these little Hitler types that seem to swarm all over this forum.

Well in that case you're not allowed in here.

Chips Lovell

niceonetom

FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCK

tonto's fast