You STILL haven't got it have you? Roads are paid for via general taxation, NOT Vehicle Excise Duty. They are for EVERYONE to use, paid for by EVERYONE. If you don't like paying VED, get a vehicle with lower emissions so you don't have to pay it, or change your travel arrangements and get rid of...
As cyclists pay tax (income tax) and the Greens want to increase this, cyclists would pay more tax than currently. Or, as Lord B puts it "folk who ride bikes", which is nearly everyone.
Although the 'road tax' myth has been explained to you already, do you also find it odd that you aren't allowed to go to school anymore, or that maternity departments in hospitals might not fancy you coming in for appointments?
My taxes paid for the army - where's my tank?!
Shit! shit! shit!!! I rode past this on my way home from work on Friday. I saw the ambulance parked and the bus stopped with a police van in front of it. A few cyclists were stopped on the pavement. I remember thinking 'I wonder what's going on, I hope everyone's ok'. It turns out they weren't...
THIS is what 'going Dutch' means when it comes to cycling - not some poxy 3' wide strip of 'cycle lane' painted on the road. As the video shows it takes 30 years to do properly, but is well worth it in the end.
Nobody is getting hot or sweaty - everyone is riding at a sensible pace in normal...