South West Bikers | Motorcycle Forum

The Government has responded to the petition you signed – “Abolish road tax on Motorcycles.”.

Government responded:

The average motorcycle owner pays £54 VED per year whilst the average car owner pays £166. VED rates have been limited to inflation only increases since 2010.

Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) is a tax on vehicle ownership irrespective of miles driven.

The rates of VED for lower emissions cars are part of a multi-pronged strategy to help realise long-term fuel-efficiency improvements through funding technological innovation, regulating manufacturing improvements and incentivising consumer take-up. This helps the Government to fulfil its legal obligation to reduce national CO2 emissions.

Unlike for cars, it has only been mandatory for CO2 emissions data to be included as part of the type approval process for motorcycles since 1 January 2016. Therefore, it has not been possible to base motorcycle VED rates on CO2 emissions. The current engine capacity based rates offer the most practical and easy-to-understand way to reflect the respective emissions of motorcycles.

Currently, the average motorcycle owner pays £54 per year – a lot less than the top VED rate of £81 per year – and the average car owner pays £166 per year. In addition, under this Government, VED rate increases for motorcycles have been limited to inflation only, meaning that all motorcyclists’ VED liability remains unchanged in real terms since 2010.

HM Treasury

Click this link to view the response online:

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The Petitions Committee will take a look at this petition and its response. They can press the government for action and gather evidence. If this petition reaches 100,000 signatures, the Committee will consider it for a debate.

The Committee is made up of 11 MPs, from political parties in government and in opposition. It is entirely independent of the Government. Find out more about the Committee: https://petition.parliament.uk/help#petitions-committee" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Thanks,
The Petitions team
UK Government and Parliament

What a surprise!

Just to rock the boat I didn't sign it! I think anybody who uses the roads should pay for it providing they are kept in good condition. I've always said that all road tax should be abolished and add a few pence on fuel then the more you use it the more you pay. So the little old dears pay miminal road tax whereas heavy users pay more! Fair I think as even car thieves have to pay tax! And the amount of people who dont pay tax cost thousands!

So sorry to offend but I believe we should pay

Bullet wrote:Just to rock the boat I didn't sign it! I think anybody who uses the roads should pay for it providing they are kept in good condition. I've always said that all road tax should be abolished and add a few pence on fuel then the more you use it the more you pay. So the little old dears pay miminal road tax whereas heavy users pay more! Fair I think as even car thieves have to pay tax! And the amount of people who dont pay tax cost thousands!

So sorry to offend but I believe we should pay

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Bullet for pm!!!!

How much of the monies go to the highways for road upkeep? Get rid of the wombles as they are a waste of money. I have no faith in any government. They are all crooks, and if I could I would not live in this country.

I'm with Bullet. Also not far from goatpants.

Taxes are not likely to go down all the time M.P.'s of all parties, including the 11 independent members quoted above, keep awarding themselves pay rises, and claim ridiculous expenses, and besides that, we have to buy Camoron his new plane.

I'm with bullet as long as goes on the roads , but as goatpants said all the mp's are crooks and only interested in what they get out of it