"Just zis Guy, you know?" writes:

On Sep 14, 10:32Â*am, lardyninja wrote:
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com...ment-in-talks-...

I don't have a problem with cyclists paying proportionally for the
cost of roads.

The problem is with the concept of VED being a payment for a service
- it's not, it's just another tax.

The roads are funded out of general taxation.

If you increase taxes associated with bikes then you make cycling
relatively more expensive and, all else being equal, make people less
likely to do it compared with other forms of transport.

The question is what do you want the consequences of your tax policy to
be? If you want fewer people to cycle and more to drive - then by all
means increase taxes on cylists; but I'm not sure who that benfits.
Clearly not cyclists - and in all probability not motorists either, as
the roads will tend to be more congested.