How much to tax a Bendy Bus?

[Deleted User]

Given it's size, you would expect it to be expensive to tax (rather like an HGV), but no, the cost of taxing a Bendy Bus is just £330 pa.

There are cars that don't cost much less than that.

Tilt

It's because it's a public service vehicle.

Nodding_Donkey

There are also cars that cost more. And they don't have such a habit of catching on fire!

saker75

Nodding_Donkey wrote: »

There are also cars that cost more. And they don't have such a habit of catching on fire!

I couldn't understand this. Bendy buses are used all over the world but somehow they seemed to have got a bad reputation in the UK. I quite liked them.

Nodding_Donkey

In London they were a nightmare, if there was a busy junction you could almost guarantee it would be blocked by a bendy bus. And I'd love to know which rocket scientist thought it was a good idea to to replace double deckers with something that took up twice as much road space in view of the congestion.

redux

saker75 wrote: »

I couldn't understand this. Bendy buses are used all over the world but somehow they seemed to have got a bad reputation in the UK. I quite liked them.

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/bendy-buses-sent-from-london-to-malta-taken-off-their-roads-after-three-burst-into-flames-8788929.html

pelirocco

Actually not all HGVs are expensive to tax either

reeac

Nodding_Donkey wrote: »

In London they were a nightmare, if there was a busy junction you could almost guarantee it would be blocked by a bendy bus. And I'd love to know which rocket scientist thought it was a good idea to to replace double deckers with something that took up twice as much road space in view of the congestion.

Don't give rocket scientists a bad name - it was a politician's decision. THey love to import foreign ideas regardless of logic [in this case the typical London "street geography].

Nodding_Donkey

It's like the designers that specify shiny marble floors in public buildings, great where it doesn't rain but over here they turn into a skiting rink quite regularly.

citykid5

When I was a hgv driver for Royal Mail there hgv didn't pay any tax and I think the police, fire and ambulance services are also exempt .
It's only the little men that have to pay to fix our roads

Norman_Castle

citykid5 wrote: »

When I was a hgv driver for Royal Mail there hgv didn't pay any tax and I think the police, fire and ambulance services are also exempt .
It's only the little men that have to pay to fix our roads

Road repairs have nothing to do with vehicle tax. See below for a quote from your government.