What does this taxation achieve?

talksalot81

So I have a moderately polluting car, my tax doubles.... so now I am going to stop using the polluting car just on the weekends, I will sell the economical run around which was used for commuting and I will to triple the miles in my gas guzzler. Net cost to me is nothing because I now have only one car, effect to the environment, triple the CO2. I'd love to be good to the environment, but it is too expensive. Maybe if I had no car I could do it.... but im stuck where I am and it is much cheaper to pollute.

dementedhousewife

The taxation achieves good old Gordon Brown to have a nice pay increase in April... thats what!!!!
And dont forget them second houses that they have to pay for...!!!!!!

moonrakerz

dementedhousewife wrote: »

The taxation achieves good old Gordon Brown to have a nice pay increase in April... thats what!!!!
And dont forget them second houses that they have to pay for...!!!!!!

.....and the gas guzzling "official" limo !!!!!

dementedhousewife

Where we pay for the petrol... He does not pay Congestion Charge!..

steveo3002

what are they gona do when people cant afford to drive to work? i find its harder to get local job and have to look at driving up to 45mins to an hour to find something...i cant afford to buy a brand new no emisions car

dementedhousewife

Gordon Brown is a joke!!!!

Keith

Don't the car's with the lowest emissions pay £15 a year VED? And isn't this tax already included in the cost of the vehicle?

So you save £15 by buying a new car which the dealer normally includes in the OTR price! FANTASTIC deal!

banger9365

and do not for get road pricing more tax

lilac_lady

Until public transport is upgraded there shouldn't be extra charges for drivers. If everyone gave up their cars the economy would be in deep financial trouble (more than now). It'll soon be "roads for the rich."

Wig

talksalot81 wrote: »

So I have a moderately polluting car, my tax doubles.... so now I am going to stop using the polluting car just on the weekends, I will sell the economical run around which was used for commuting and I will to triple the miles in my gas guzzler. Net cost to me is nothing because I now have only one car, effect to the environment, triple the CO2. I'd love to be good to the environment, but it is too expensive. Maybe if I had no car I could do it.... but im stuck where I am and it is much cheaper to pollute.

How can the net cost to you be nothing? If you are keeping the gas guzzler your annual VED has risen, so you are choosing to increase your annual VED.
EDIT: ok so you are saying you will no longer have to pay the VED for the smaller car because you will sell it. A good thing as far as I can see, because you will no longer be a 2 car household (apparently unneccesarily) most cars are parked on the highway, if your experience is a common reaction then it will do a lot to free up a lot of roadspace. Selling your car will also put one more car onto the used car market which should have a corriolis effect on allowing one car to be scrapped, or stop someone else from buying a new car.

The purpose of the tax rises is obvious, encourage people to ditch guzzlers in favour of cheaper cars. If I were you I'd be keeping the economic car and ditch the guzzler, you'd be saving money.

dementedhousewife

When these people ditch their cars.. who is going to buy them?
no one because the tax is so high,, then these people have to go out buy a new car,, and stuck with the old one... how is that saving money?