Geoid Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 AND they don't pay any road tax or insurance Road tax (vehicle excise duty) is based on your car's emissions, so bicycles (as well as many hybrid cars) are exempt. Roads and their upkeep are paid for by council tax. Also, most cyclists will have some form of insurance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplemaniacs Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 AND they don't pay any road tax or insurance Road tax (vehicle excise duty) is based on your car's emissions, so bicycles (as well as many hybrid cars) are exempt. Roads and their upkeep are paid for by council tax. Also, most cyclists will have some form of insurance. My little car doesn't pay road tax People who over take you in a 30 or 40 mph village when you are doing the speed limit. Chrissie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 AND they don't pay any road tax or insurance Road tax (vehicle excise duty) is based on your car's emissions, so bicycles (as well as many hybrid cars) are exempt. Roads and their upkeep are paid for by council tax. Also, most cyclists will have some form of insurance. So, if a group of cyclists or single cause an accident are they the legally liable and insured? Don't get me wrong...I am not anti cyclist and we all have a right to cycle but the groups of lycra louts 'racing' on public roads can behave very badly and dangerously! I live in a village and do around 4 000 miles per year in my old Skoda and pay around five hundred pounds insurance and road tax to do so. Not sure what South Oxfordshire Council do with our Council Tax but it certainly does not go on road maintainance -local roads and lanes are lethal and getting worse (more irritations!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Kissinuk, can we add folks who stick to the middle lane on motorways to that list? Yes, definitely! Lost count of the number of middle-lane drivers I flashed on my way to North Devon last week, complely clueless to why I was flashing them driving down the middle lane of a half empty M5! Glad it's not just me... when is that law coming in then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted August 9, 2013 Author Share Posted August 9, 2013 ...................People who you are playing online Scrabble with who, when you have had a good run, accuse you of cheating Really ? I know you beat me most of the time 'cos you're very good at it . Cheating never even crossed my mind (and still hasn't, in case you're worried!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 AND they don't pay any road tax or insurance Road tax (vehicle excise duty) is based on your car's emissions, so bicycles (as well as many hybrid cars) are exempt. Roads and their upkeep are paid for by council tax. Also, most cyclists will have some form of insurance. So, if a group of cyclists or single cause an accident are they the legally liable and insured? Legally liable yes, insured, no. I think all road users (except pedestrians) should have some form of insurance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kissinuk Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 As for road tax just renewed my new petrol Focus which has a hell of a lot of 'go' in her, cost me a massive £30!! It has 'start/stop' which really helps cut down emissions in their tests. Very happy. But back on topic, yes, people who use mobiles while driving annoy the hell out of me too, sometimes I wish I drove an unmarked police car.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charly1979 Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 I just don't get the whole mobile phone and driving malarkey ?? There are lots of hands free options available, in my old car I bought myself and radio that had Bluetooth and hands free the call went through the radio speakers and had a microphone, hubby has a device that will transmit his calls also through the radio but that's for an IPhone and my new car has it all built in but having said that my signal isn't always great so I end up pulling over anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 I usually just switch my phone off when I'm driving; if they want to get hold of me, then they can leave a message and I'll ring back... nothing's that urgent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 AND they don't pay any road tax or insurance Road tax (vehicle excise duty) is based on your car's emissions, so bicycles (as well as many hybrid cars) are exempt. Roads and their upkeep are paid for by council tax. Also, most cyclists will have some form of insurance. Humph. What about all the extra exhaust fumes from us poor tax paying motorists who are stuck behind them all the time? And they are just so..............smug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 ...................People who you are playing online Scrabble with who, when you have had a good run, accuse you of cheating Really ? I know you beat me most of the time 'cos you're very good at it . Cheating never even crossed my mind (and still hasn't, in case you're worried!) Yeah - I play a lot with people I don't know, & have been accused of using 'help' once or twice. I am not that good...I get regularly trounced,especially by another Omlet forum member Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charly1979 Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Companies that make me rant like a raving loon Todays offerings being Asda Direct for sending me a generic txt that my order will be delivered in the afternoon, well I paid extra for morning delivery so was a bit miffed called customer services to be told that everyone get that txt !! Hmm how efficient and for us with young children in the words of the Fat Controller " you Asda Direct have caused confusion and delay " Then Practical Boat Owner or IPC media who seem to blatantly ignore my telephone call telling them that my Uncle has passed away so I will not need to renew our subscription and still insists on sending me more letters to get me to renew and to top it off I receive it the day before what would have been his birthday Another gripe is in the supermarket those who seemed shocked when all the shopping has been scanned and put slowly by themselves into the bags then have to pay, thus spending ages to find means of payment along with a million coupons, is it too much to ask that they are a little prepared have things like wallets and coupons easy to access ?? and by this im not meaning anyone elderly etc who does need some time someone like my own gran bless her I mean the general ditherers in life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 AND they don't pay any road tax or insurance Road tax (vehicle excise duty) is based on your car's emissions, so bicycles (as well as many hybrid cars) are exempt. Roads and their upkeep are paid for by council tax. Also, most cyclists will have some form of insurance. Humph. What about all the extra exhaust fumes from us poor tax paying motorists who are stuck behind them all the time? And they are just so..............smug I do think that on narrow country lanes that cyclists should ride single file and let other traffic past. But, in the cities (especially London) using a bicycle is the fastest way to get around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Agreed,Fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Road tax (vehicle excise duty) is based on your car's emissions, so bicycles (as well as many hybrid cars) are exempt. Roads and their upkeep are paid for by council tax. Also, most cyclists will have some form of insurance. I don't pay any road tax on by 1971 car and it's far from green at 28mpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsylabrador Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 The oikey car driver today who obviously gets a red mist when he sees motorbikes. For some reason known only to himself he charged down the slip road on the hard shoulder when we were joining the motorway and then pulled across into us forcing us into the ghost lane. We nearly were ghosts. It was incredibly dangerous. My husband showed him what he thought and I clocked his number but I really hope it was on camera. It was just a minor irritation because I'm alive to post this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goosey Lucy Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 The inability of people in this house to put rubbish in the bin. The work top next to the bin isn't a bin. And don't get me started on actually emptying the bin... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Yup, bin there, done that! Seriously, it takes me twice as long to CLEAR than it does to CLEAN! Is it so hard to put things where they should be!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goosey Lucy Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 The other irritation (for today ) is about keys. We have a full set of spare house keys hanging out of sight near the back door. We also have a smaller set of back door and garage keys hanging there. This is where they live. So why does everyone else feel it okay to take them, use them and then leave them by the front door. I spend too much of my time chasing round trying to find them while my almost dry washing gets soaked in a sudden downpour. And breathe... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted August 10, 2013 Author Share Posted August 10, 2013 I feel like I've started a public service with this thread . Who'd have thought we were all so grumpy . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goosey Lucy Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Just don't start a Major Irritations thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charly1979 Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Just don't start a Major Irritations thread I would dedicate that to thread to my husband Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rhode Island Red Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 People "borrowing" my hen-house-cleaning gloves and not returning them (and often denying ever having them) People who use the lawnmower and don't empty it, leaving the person who uses it next with a big, soggy, putrid mass of decayed grass clippings. Clumsy broodies that step on eggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 I'd like to add people who walk into a shop (usually a supermarket, but could be any shop) and then stop dead in the doorway to look for their purse/shopping list/put their car keys away/etc. The number of collisions and near misses I've had I couldn't even begin to count! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Exactly.....how many people would behave like this if they were driving a car rather than a trolley (ie; stopping dead in front of you in the Supermarket etc) please, just a little consideration for others Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
