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Old May 18th 10, 03:49 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Final design for the "New Bus for London" (aka BorisBus / new

On Tue, 18 May 2010 16:26:37 +0100
Mike Bristow wrote:
In article ,
d wrote:
Except they're not. Everyone who uses the roads (apart from lycra louts)
pays road tax.


Cyclists pay the same VED (not road tax) as all other band A vehicles.


What do you think an "Âexcise duty" is? Its a tax.

Band A vehicles still have to have a valid a tax disc. Do bicycles?

No.

Ergo we all have equal rights on them.


Paying VED is not the source of your rights to use the road.


Correct, vehicles also have to be insuranced and have a valid MOT. Do bicycles?

No.

And last time I looked
an HGV or bus wouldn't fit down the road outside my house anyway , so where
does that leave your argument?


Same place as yours, yours.


I'm sure that gibberish would mean something to your mother.

B2003