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Sorry, you are seemingly completely incapable of having any kind of sensible debate on this issue, and on that basis I'm out.

No, it really, really isn't, and your refusal to admit this is really undermining any valid argument you may have. If it was a road tax it would be dependent upon the distance travelled - it's not. It's a tax to use a motor vehicle, based upon the amount of CO2 emitted by that vehicle. Use of a...

Which part of "there's no such thing as road tax" is it that you're struggling to understand? As mentioned, as a cyclist I pay exactly the same rate of tax on CO2 emissions from my vehicle as I do when I'm in a car. On your other points, of course cyclists should obey the highway code. Most do...

Besides which, vehicle duty (for vehicles registered after March 2001) is based upon CO2 emissions. As a cyclist I'd happily pay for the CO2 emissions that I'm causing in order to use the road...

Not sure if you're fishing or not, but I'll bite anyway. Yes, car drivers are just as bad, but in different ways. How many cars stuck in traffic do you see blocking an exit, or sitting in a box junction? And I frequently see cars jump red lights (because apparently it was amber at least 5...

As a recent convert to being a 'proper' cyclist, I see far more inconsiderate car driving than I do inconsiderate cycling. Just this morning I had a car close to within about 6 inches of me while overtaking because there was a horse on the other side of the road, while at least once a day...