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Marc Hartog (Hedge)
Junior Member
Username: Hedge
Post Number: 85
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, October 02, 2003 - 5:21 am: | |
Exactly. Accepted that a nice rear shot of me zooming down the motorway going too fast would be worth 'some' money, but not �60 and 3 penalty points! |
Justyn (Justynb)
Junior Member
Username: Justynb
Post Number: 102
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, October 02, 2003 - 4:34 am: | |
Don't start me off grumbling about the amount of tax we have to pay in the UK!
We also have Scamera vans (AKA Talivans) as well as fixed speed cameras. About 8,000 people are being photographed and fined for speeding daily, that's �480,000 revenue generated every single day. And the figures for deaths and serious injuries are going up not down so its obvious these measures are not improving road safety but making it worse. |
Marc Hartog (Hedge)
Junior Member
Username: Hedge
Post Number: 83
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, October 02, 2003 - 4:20 am: | |
The theory about UK car tax always has been that it goes toward maintaining the roads, so there are no toll fees.
HOWEVER the bastards are introducing congestion charges in main cities (London costs �5 to drive through per day) and tolls on busy motorways are starting to be introduced. So they'll be abolishing car tax. NOT.
Anyway, at least we don't have themost expensive petrol in the world! 80p per litre is approx. $6 per gallon. Mainly tax.
Anyway, a nice Ferrari tax disk holder will at least make me feel better about paying it! :o) |
J R K (Kenyon)
Member
Username: Kenyon
Post Number: 939
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, October 02, 2003 - 3:48 am: | |
justyn,
I have one already, it came with the car... |
Justyn (Justynb)
Junior Member
Username: Justynb
Post Number: 101
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, October 02, 2003 - 2:39 am: | |
"Tax Disk" is another name for the "Vehicle Licence" in the UK. Having paid your Vehicle Licence you display a dated paper disk in the windscreen to prove it, hence the name Tax Disk.
I believe the vehicle licence was introduced as a temporary tax just the same as income tax but was never abolished.
The annual Vehicle Licence costs about �160 GBP (about $256 USD) although the price varies depending on the number of grammes of CO2 emitted per kilometre by the vehicle. The more efficient the car, the cheaper the tax is.
Justyn. |
Dan (Bobafett)
Intermediate Member
Username: Bobafett
Post Number: 1462
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 01, 2003 - 4:13 pm: | |
I was going to ask as well...
--Dan |
Alex Lee (Alxlee)
Junior Member
Username: Alxlee
Post Number: 224
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 01, 2003 - 4:09 pm: | |
I was going to ask the same thing Tillman. Something for the UK perhaps (maybe Californians too)? |
Tillman Strahan (Tillman)
Member
Username: Tillman
Post Number: 976
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 01, 2003 - 4:08 pm: | |
What's a tax disk? |
Marc Hartog (Hedge)
Junior Member
Username: Hedge
Post Number: 82
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 01, 2003 - 11:49 am: | |
http://www.tsf1.com/MainFrame.asp?p=xt_find_product.asp&name=SF1000
Anyone seen alternatives? |