It’d be one less thing for motorists to bleat on about which would definitely be good – though I suspect they’d fall back on the old “road tax” fallacy.
I know all the usual counters to that etc, but was wondering Graham, have you seen any stats/study anywhere with genuine figures for % of bicycles owners that own cars, vs % of people that own cars and car owners that don’t own bicycles?
It’s not something I’ve come across at any point but I’m sure the figures are out there, If i recall it’s soemthing like ~45% of the population own or have access to a bicycle, but I’m specifically thinking abotu how many of those 45 also have a car.
would be nice to have some kind of actual proof the cyclists are more/euqally as likely to pay VED as any other random bod on the street.
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have done a little diggin, ~75% of *households* own or have access to a car
~45% of population have access to or own a bicycle
still looking for definittive evidence but that is looking very much like the majority of bicycle owners are likely to own/have access to a car and therefore pay VED* as I’m sure it’s not an either/or situation.
*no that that means diddly given how roads are funded and £0 VED etc but could be useful in combating some of the normal ill-informed ramblings you hear at work/pub etc.