http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: VED Income Drop en Sun, 31 May 2026 20:14:39 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16497#post-222347 Tue, 07 Jun 2016 19:37:46 +0000 wishicouldgofaster 222347@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There are an increasing number of cars that have (or meant to have) low emissions so will pay either nothing or a very low amount of VED. Always tempted to get in my estate car and cut some of them up pointing out I pay more road tax :).</p> <p>I think the Govt need to tax fuel more too so that the more you drive the more you pay. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16497#post-222277 Tue, 07 Jun 2016 12:43:59 +0000 ih 222277@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>From the linked BBC report, "DVLA chief executive Oliver Morley said almost 99% of all vehicles on the road are taxed."</p> <p>So more than 1 in every 100 vehicles is not "taxed" and insured. That is a very frightening statistic, made worse by the likelihood that such owners are going to be more reckless in their driving. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16497#post-222270 Tue, 07 Jun 2016 12:29:22 +0000 kaputnik 222270@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>So a combination of higher non-payment rates and progressively more low* or zero-rated vehicles on the roads?</p> <p>* of course we've now found out (officially) that the stated emissions these rates are based on for a number of popular vehicle brands are, well, how to put this... entirely falsified. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16497#post-222266 Tue, 07 Jun 2016 12:14:04 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 222266@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'd be surprised if <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36468138">this was caused by a drop in vehicle numbers</a>...</p> <p>Of course only those who actually pay it have a right to be on the road. </p>