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Originally Posted by Kursk

Gawd, here we go again. Cyclists already pay tax; vehicle excise duty is not road (maintenance) tax.

Now, do you all really want to discourage cycling to the extent that potential cyclists buy cars instead and block up the roads even more than they are now and do you want kids getting fatter because cycling becomes unaffordable?

Both of these options will be of greater expense to you than the controls you would apply to cycling.

The Highway Code is seldom observed by any group using our roads...

there may come a time when the elf n safety brigade step in and ban cycling if the death toll keeps going up .