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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Rods2 on 15 June 2012, 01:03:07
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Going to go up from £60 to £90. Netting Government an extra £33.5m a year. >:( >:( >:( >:(
Other fines for not using a seat belt or using a mobile phone are going up by the same amount, so in total the Government will net an extra £100m per year.
Their 2% inflation target obviously does not apply to the Government or any Government department like the Post Office.
The Government have admitted there is a £300m tax shortfall due to a drop in fuel duty, with motorists driving more efficient cars with lower fuel consumption and road tax.
Tax take 38% of GDP, Government spending 45% and still rising, no economic growth to make up the shortfall.
To eliminate the deficit they are going to keep plucking those goose feathers until they take 45% of your money in tax, which will equate to 60-65% of what you earn, if you are working and on an average wage. If you are in a higher rate tax bracket, then even more. >:( >:( >:( >:(
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dont speed then you dont pay :y
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If no-one gets caught speeding they will find some other way of getting the money from us,so actually if you dont speed you will pay,by one means or another. ;)
The alternaitive is to cut spending but it has become very clear that they have no intention of doing that. And we have a PM and Chancellor who have the cheek to call themselves Conservatives. >:(
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If no-one gets caught speeding they will find some other way of getting the money from us,so actually if you dont speed you will pay,by one means or another. ;)
The alternaitive is to cut spending but it has become very clear that they have no intention of doing that. And we have a PM and Chancellor who have the cheek to call themselves Conservatives. >:(
Wait'll I tell ye son - the majority of Conservatives occupying the seats on the left hand side of the House of Commons Chamber have a cheek calling themselves Conservatives.
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dont speed then you dont pay :y
No.... Speed, just don't get caught ;D
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dont speed then you dont pay :y
No.... Speed, just don't get caught ;D
;D ;D ;D ;D Splendid.
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dont speed then you dont pay :y
No.... Speed, just don't get caught ;D
;D ;D ;D
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Just wondering if fines are going up 50%, if on the motorway the Ode Bill will let us drive at 105mph to allow us our moneys with as it were? :D ;D
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To eliminate the deficit they are going to keep plucking those goose feathers until they take 45% of your money in tax, which will equate to 60-65% of what you earn, if you are working and on an average wage. If you are in a higher rate tax bracket, then even more. >:( >:( >:( >:(
Quite so, but I'm sure that those balding geese will rest easy in the knowledge that our government has given the assurance that we are, all of us, in this together - so I’m confident that this sacrifice (in their eyes) will be one well worth (everyone but them) bearing.
Not to be churlish however, I’m so appreciative that they have decided to lubricate this shafting by implying that this is being done over continuing concerns for road safety given the dismal standards of driving often seen on our roads - that, for me at least, moves this money grab into a slightly less despicable category; emanating not so much from out and bandits more so from predators with a conscience.
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Just wondering if fines are going up 50%, if on the motorway the Ode Bill will let us drive at 105mph to allow us our moneys with as it were? :D ;D
It's the very least they could do love. :y
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Just wondering if fines are going up 50%, if on the motorway the Ode Bill will let us drive at 105mph to allow us our moneys with as it were? :D ;D
It's the very least they could do love. :y
Exactly what I was thinking "Sir Silver Tongue" :-*
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The one thing I've never understood is.... We're not supposed to break the 70mph speed limit, but most of us drive vehicles that can go over the losing your licence limit :-\ ???
I'll tell you why, it's because they want you to speed, they want you to use more fuel, because that means more £'s for them.
It's win win for them.
I've noticed that drivers are driving at slower speeds in all speed limits. Slower means less fuel & less in fines, hence the 50% increase.
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The one thing I've never understood is.... We're not supposed to break the 70mph speed limit, but most of us drive vehicles that can go over the losing your licence limit :-\ ???
I'll tell you why, it's because they want you to speed, they want you to use more fuel, because that means more £'s for them.
It's win win for them.
I've noticed that drivers are driving at slower speeds in all speed limits. Slower means less fuel & less in fines, hence the 50% increase.
;D ;D ;D
One way of looking at it......
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The one thing I've never understood is.... We're not supposed to break the 70mph speed limit, but most of us drive vehicles that can go over the losing your licence limit :-\ ???
I'll tell you why, it's because they want you to speed, they want you to use more fuel, because that means more £'s for them.
It's win win for them.
I've noticed that drivers are driving at slower speeds in all speed limits. Slower means less fuel & less in fines, hence the 50% increase.
;D ;D ;D
One way of looking at it......
So what would happen if we all went out & bought an electric car with a GPS device fitted that electronically controlled our speed so we couldn't speed anywhere. What would they do then I wonder!!!!
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The one thing I've never understood is.... We're not supposed to break the 70mph speed limit, but most of us drive vehicles that can go over the losing your licence limit :-\ ???
I'll tell you why, it's because they want you to speed, they want you to use more fuel, because that means more £'s for them.
It's win win for them.
I've noticed that drivers are driving at slower speeds in all speed limits. Slower means less fuel & less in fines, hence the 50% increase.
;D ;D ;D
One way of looking at it......
So what would happen if we all went out & bought an electric car with a GPS device fitted that electronically controlled our speed so we couldn't speed anywhere. What would they do then I wonder!!!!
Oblige us to pay (by way of taxation) £25 for a bottle of beer and so on. ;D
What is obvious however is this - those who contribute to the Treasury by way of motoring taxes hold a very powerful weapon indeed - should they band together to remind the government that there's only so much blood can be taken from the stone.
Just a general comment - I'm not calling people out. :-* :-*
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So what would happen if we all went out & bought an electric car with a GPS device fitted that electronically controlled our speed so we couldn't speed anywhere. What would they do then I wonder!!!!
Tax electric cars. :y
They may bleat about road safety, but their no. 1 priority is to raise as much tax from us battery hens as possible.
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Sir Silver Tongue, this bottle of beer could surely be consumed whilst the electric car was driving itself too your destination.... Bit like Total Recall.. could it not? :D
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Sir Silver Tongue, this bottle of beer could surely be consumed whilst the electric car was driving itself too your destination.... Bit like Total Recall.. could it not? :D
I would gladly pay for it babe - if I could also have Sharon Stone there to beat the keek out of me. :-* :-* ;D
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Sir Silver Tongue, this bottle of beer could surely be consumed whilst the electric car was driving itself too your destination.... Bit like Total Recall.. could it not? :D
I would gladly pay for it babe - if I could also have Sharon Stone there to beat the keek out of me. :-* :-* ;D
I had forgotten Miss Stone was in that ..... Could I come along to enjoy your compamy too please ;D :-*
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So what would happen if we all went out & bought an electric car with a GPS device fitted that electronically controlled our speed so we couldn't speed anywhere. What would they do then I wonder!!!!
Tax electric cars. :y
They may bleat about road safety, but their no. 1 priority is to raise as much tax from us battery hens as possible.
That's pretty much the long & short of it.
Not so long ago the message was that smoking kills (and I have no doubt it can kill for some individuals) and that tobacco duty had to be constantly increased to cover the cost of treating "smoking related" issues and for some this "tax" would hopefully help them to give up a so called unhealthy lifestyle.
The last time I looked, tobacco duty made the government approx £11 billion per annum.
At the same time, the cost of treating "smoking related" issues was only £2 billion per annum so the obvious question is where was the other £9 billion going?
Now if all the smokers in the UK gave up tomorrow, does anybody here really believe that the government is going to let £11 billion + per annum just walk away?
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So what would happen if we all went out & bought an electric car with a GPS device fitted that electronically controlled our speed so we couldn't speed anywhere. What would they do then I wonder!!!!
Tax electric cars. :y
They may bleat about road safety, but their no. 1 priority is to raise as much tax from us battery hens as possible.
That's pretty much the long & short of it.
Not so long ago the message was that smoking kills (and I have no doubt it can kill for some individuals) and that tobacco duty had to be constantly increased to cover the cost of treating "smoking related" issues and for some this "tax" would hopefully help them to give up a so called unhealthy lifestyle.
The last time I looked, tobacco duty made the government approx £11 billion per annum.
At the same time, the cost of treating "smoking related" issues was only £2 billion per annum so the obvious question is where was the other £9 billion going?
Now if all the smokers in the UK gave up tomorrow, does anybody here really believe that the government is going to let £11 billion + per annum just walk away?
They already spent that on the olypic stadium :(
Cant get any speed up around here its all full of speed humps speed cameras and pot holes :(
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Cant get any speed up around here its all full of speed humps speed cameras and pot holes :(
I'll give Rushmoor Council their due on that one, the only places we have speed humps around here are outside the local schools and on the local (one way & semi pedestrianised) high street.
The actual quality of the tarmac is pretty much the same as everywhere else these days though ($hit).
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Now if all the smokers in the UK gave up tomorrow, does anybody here really believe that the government is going to let £11 billion + per annum just walk away?
Nope. They'll put it on beer, of course, because that also causes people to drop like flies, costing the NHS billions, and we're not grown up enough to decide if we want to consume that either. >:(
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So what would happen if we all went out & bought an electric car with a GPS device fitted that electronically controlled our speed so we couldn't speed anywhere. What would they do then I wonder!!!!
Tax electric cars. :y
They may bleat about road safety, but their no. 1 priority is to raise as much tax from us battery hens as possible.
Exactly so Kevin :y
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i remember the test they did years ago with ident speed signs, and would read a bar code on road you were on and make the car stick to the speed limit, but it failed, as it would put the price up on car fitted with it and they would have to put the signs ever were.
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I wouldn't worry too much, there's no coppers about to catch anyone.
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I wouldn't worry too much, there's no coppers about to catch anyone.
I have to agree with you Chris. Plus Coppers as I remember them were bigger and made you think twice about being naughty, the coppers of today are leagues apart I'm afraid :(
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there's no coppers about to catch anyone True, but with the extra 50% on fines, how many more speed cameras could they invest in??? >:( >:( >:(
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there's no coppers about to catch anyone
True, but with the extra 50% on fines, how many more speed cameras could they invest in??? >:( >:( >:(
Quite so JM - it's rather like trying to fight a war using air power alone, it just doesn't work.
Boots on the ground - Five O on the streets , that what's really needed. :y
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I wouldn't worry too much, there's no coppers about to catch anyone.
I have to agree with you Chris. Plus Coppers as I remember them were bigger and made you think twice about being naughty, the coppers of today are leagues apart I'm afraid :(
made you think twice about being naughty
Babe, had you been around at the time to have witnessed me in uniform, you would have been going out of your way to have been naughty. ;D ;D ;D :-* :-* :-*
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there's no coppers about to catch anyone
True, but with the extra 50% on fines, how many more speed cameras could they invest in??? >:( >:( >:(
Quite so JM - it's rather like trying to fight a war using air power alone, it just doesn't work.
Boots on the ground - Five O on the streets , that what's really needed. :y
A sentiment clearly understood by a neighbouring village, who provided their own additional cover over the Jubilee weekend. ;)
(https://dl.dropbox.com/u/26795734/Photos/BentworthJubilee/IMGP7155.JPG)
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there's no coppers about to catch anyone
True, but with the extra 50% on fines, how many more speed cameras could they invest in??? >:( >:( >:(
Quite so JM - it's rather like trying to fight a war using air power alone, it just doesn't work.
Boots on the ground - Five O on the streets , that what's really needed. :y
A sentiment clearly understood by a neighbouring village, who provided their own additional cover over the Jubilee weekend. ;)
(https://dl.dropbox.com/u/26795734/Photos/BentworthJubilee/IMGP7155.JPG)
Typical copper with a radar. Hiding behind a tree ;D
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there's no coppers about to catch anyone
True, but with the extra 50% on fines, how many more speed cameras could they invest in??? >:( >:( >:(
Quite so JM - it's rather like trying to fight a war using air power alone, it just doesn't work.
Boots on the ground - Five O on the streets , that what's really needed. :y
A sentiment clearly understood by a neighbouring village, who provided their own additional cover over the Jubilee weekend. ;)
(https://dl.dropbox.com/u/26795734/Photos/BentworthJubilee/IMGP7155.JPG)
Very lifelike ;D