Biker fuel protest
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they're fed up they're only getting 90 miles to gallon now
LOL, I know what you mean, but we shouldn't knock it!!! at least someone is willing to do something.
reckon if a points worth making............ make it.
Ooooh No! Every mile done by them is adding to global warming, it's not as if they make any worthwhile contribution to the world!
At this point Less loses his bottle and runs for cover, knowing that there is bound to be at least one biker without a sense of humour!
Ooooh No! Every mile done by them is adding to global warming, it's not as if they make any worthwhile contribution to the world!
At this point LESS loses his bottle and runs for cover, knowing that there is bound to be at least one biker without a sense of humour!
Well, the title didn't say WHICH kind of Bike!! It could be a PUSH bike protest
At this point Slinky loses her bottle and runs for cover, knowing that there is bound to be at least one PUSH biker without a sense of humour!
I just hope they dont wake me up at 7.30 am roaring past my house.
Ya slinks but nobody is going to listen, is the Jockstrap going to back down and cut tax on fuel because of a few bikers, don't think so
Ya slinks but nobody is going to listen, is the Jockstrap going to back down and cut tax on fuel because of a few bikers, don't think so
NO, he will just make another law!! One that will stop people from riding their bikes in protest!! Haha ...... He's an ass
Okay we agree again slinks
If it was a push bike one - spug would be there to complain about the drivers that he comes across day in day out - they even shout at him to ride on the pavement, no matter that there wasnt one there!!!
It’s all very well having these fuel protest rallies but really people should be addressing the root cause of all the taxes that we pay.
No reasonable person would baulk at paying reasonable taxes. After all we understand that if we want things like the NHS it has to be paid for.
What we don’t understand is the government wasting billions on a variety of ventures that have nothing to do with us, not forgetting the EU with its sticky paw in our wallets and purses.
Sorry to use my personal consultant on these matters, but just explaining where your VAT money goes from petrol :-
'Firstly, the tax on fuel is proportionate to the cost of driving. The Treasury pays for a range of things from the fuel budget - new road construction (1mile of motorway is estimated to cost £4m from inception to completion), road maintenance (which is suffering from a massive backlog), public transport infrastructure and subsidy (disabled passes, concessionary passes, fare reimbursement for socially necessary services), police and emergency services, logistics maintenance and infrastructure (pipes, transport etc) and the administration agencies (DfT, DVLA etc which are necessary). That's not including the huge expense of the now necessary consultation and public inquiry procedures that are in place to liaise with interest groups and stakeholders'
All down to the privilege of driving. Comes with a price.
'Firstly, the tax on fuel is proportionate to the cost of driving. The Treasury pays for a range of things from the fuel budget - new road construction (1mile of motorway is estimated to cost £4m from inception to completion), road maintenance (which is suffering from a massive backlog), public transport infrastructure and subsidy (disabled passes, concessionary passes, fare reimbursement for socially necessary services), police and emergency services, logistics maintenance and infrastructure (pipes, transport etc) and the administration agencies (DfT, DVLA etc which are necessary). That's not including the huge expense of the now necessary consultation and public inquiry procedures that are in place to liaise with interest groups and stakeholders'
All down to the privilege of driving. Comes with a price.
Ooooh No! Every mile done by them is adding to global warming, it's not as if they make any worthwhile contribution to the world!
At this point Less loses his bottle and runs for cover, knowing that there is bound to be at least one biker without a sense of humour!
what u expect us to do, float to work on the same drugs your smoking?????
we could always ditch the bikes and buy cars instead, which take up more space and cause more congestion, and also use more fuel
most normal bikes get about 40mpg, nowhere near the 100mpg of scooters etc
anyway, enough of the scorned biker rattling on
heres a post ive just made on another site
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 1:29 am Post subject: 
it pizzes me off,
really it does
not so much the price, but the fact that they are doing this for 2p a litre
and in doing this demonstration they are creating a standstill which will only damage the working class
the working class dont need this, they wanna move the demonstration to downing street, chain their bikes to the gates
and leave them there till the price comes down by 30p a litre
its a complate waste of their time and the poor people who are trying to travel to work on that route
if them motorways and roads are blocked, some people may lose their jobs
what if an ambulance has to get thru on a life/death call
the trucks should just stay out the way for that reason
precious minutes could make a hell of a difference to an ambo on blue lights
if ur gonna do a demonstration, do it right, 1000 bikes is impressive but its all for so little, they would have to do this once a month for 2 years to get anywhere, and thats if its successful in bringing the price down 2p a litre, which it probably wont be
we should get all the bike clubs in the country, and all the sites, and work together on a proper demonstration
something has to give somewhere, and as usual its left to the bikers to do the dirty work, coz the truckers have proved all they can do is cause a nuisance,
carl
sorry to use common sense, but yer personal consultant is probably using garbage spouted by the treasury, firstly i was always led to believe that our road tax license payed for the bulk of road mantainence, if it don't were the hell is it going?
You know - people in this country are just happy to allow the government to do what they want. If people protest & complain as a group they will have more impact & the government may eventually listen. Good on the bikers that are doing this. It is about time that we as a nation let the government know what we think. The increasing fuel prices are being passed on to consumers within the prices of food aswell - so it is the conusmer, me & you, who lose out in all ways. With the current "credit crunch" & the increasing prices we are entering a serious recession & the government should be trying to do all it can to minimise the effects of this.
Keep protesting - let's make ourselves heard!
Izzy
Keep protesting - let's make ourselves heard!
Izzy