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In 2005, the Government published proposals for a UK wide road pricing scheme. This was designed to be revenue neutral with other motoring taxes to be reduced to compensate. [42] The plans have been extremely controversial with 1.8 million people signing a petition against them. [43]
In the pre-budget report of 27 November 2001 the Government announced that VED for HGVs could be replaced, by a new tax based on distance travelled, the Lorry Road-User Charge (LRUC). [37] At the same time, the rate of fuel duty would be cut for such vehicles. As at the start of 2007 this scheme is still at a proposal stage and no indicated ...
The carbon emission consequence of moving from fuel duty to a charge per mile has been raised as a concern by some environmentalists, as has any diversionary response from heavily trafficked (and hence more expensive) roads. [specify] The UK government announced funding for road pricing research in seven local areas in November 2005. [43]
As well as motor vehicles, the street-legal distinction applies in some jurisdictions to track bicycles that lack street-legal brakes and lights. Street-legality rules can even affect racing helmets, which possess visual fields too narrow for use on an open road without the risk of missing a fast-moving vehicle. [1]
A modern touring 4-wheel bike - a 2007 model Rhoades Car 4W2PCP Coupe two seater [13] A modern german touring 4-wheel bike - a 2021 model Touring quadracycles are constructed specifically for the personal ownership market and are built to be lighter and faster than rental surreys.
The chief executive of Delta Air Lines says the incoming Trump administration will be a “breath of fresh air” for airlines after what he calls government “overreach” under President Joe Biden.
Google pays Apple at least $20 billion a year to make its search engine the default on iPhones.. Those payments were at the heart of a federal antitrust case Google lost earlier this year. Now ...
Highway Act 1835 s 72 (as amended by Local Government Act 1888 s 85(1)) prohibits cycling on footways (pavement beside carriageway). The fixed penalty is £30 under the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 s 51 and Sch 3. Crank v Brooks [1980] RTR 441, wheeling a bike is not "riding" it, per Waller LJ,