£15 extra tax on car fines

[papa smurf]

£15 extra tax on car fines: Now drivers face hefty surcharge to compensate victims of violent crime

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz0bRij18Sb


By calling it a "victims' surcharge" and applying it to minor motoring offences and parking tickets where there are clearly no victims, the Government is making a mockery of the tax system.

'This is clearly another stealth tax designed to plug Britain's huge debt.'

only its not very stealthy is it lol

[nomadking]

'Stealth' refers to the hidden purpose/intentions.

I know what the word stealth means jebus. The fact that everyone knows what the intentions are nowadays means its no longer stealthy is the actual English definition of the word

[Peter_]

It will have Parking Attendants ticketing more cars and more and more speed cameras and mobile speed cameras put in place so that the car driver can be forced once again to foot the bill for something that has escalated out of control.

[Gary L]

2010 is going to be cheaper than 2009 at this rate.
I wonder if were going to riot this year

well if nothing else at least we get to vote for who runs the country instead of having an unelected leader

[Osem]

What? Another new tax from the party who had 'no plans to raise taxes..' Surprise, surprise.....

[Taf]

I know several people who were victims of crime who were subsequently refused any criminal compensation despite the offenders being imprisoned.

One guy was off work for 2 months with bloody scars slowly healing all over his body. He got no compensation as he had "consumed alcohol prior to the (unprovoked) attack on him".

So who IS getting this money?

[nomadking]

£15 surcharge to help victims of domestic violence or sex attacks.

Women?

Since 2007, a £15 surcharge has been added to the fines of all people convicted of a crime, to raise money for support services for crime victims.

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by zing

well if nothing else at least we get to vote for who runs the country instead of having an unelected leader

Great, meet the new boss, same as the old boss......

[Peter_]

We have a Labour government trying to emulate previous Tory governments under the title of New Labour and all that will happen in the summer is a change of name and we will continue to be screwed by the party in power.

Anyone who thinks for one second that Tory values cover the man in the street must be wearing rose tinted glasses.

This time next year people will be saying the same thing about Camerons party.

[Welshchris]

Originally Posted by papa smurf

£15 extra tax on car fines: Now drivers face hefty surcharge to compensate victims of violent crime

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz0bRij18Sb


By calling it a "victims' surcharge" and applying it to minor motoring offences and parking tickets where there are clearly no victims, the Government is making a mockery of the tax system.

'This is clearly another stealth tax designed to plug Britain's huge debt.'

I have to disagree with part of that statement... Parking offenses can cause victims.. On the road i live in we have a doctors surgury and people have a habbit of parking on the double yellow lines and across the slopes in the pavements meant for wheel chair users to get on and off the pavements and late last year a woman in a wheel chair couldnt get off the pavement and fell out of her wheel chair because of this.

[Gary L]

Originally Posted by Moldova

This time next year people will be saying the same thing about Camerons party.

I personally couldn't care less if Cameron were to be the same as Brown. as long as it's not him.

[Peter_]

Originally Posted by Gary L

I personally couldn't care less if Cameron were to be the same as Brown. as long as it's not him.

He rightly should have been elected and virtually everyone will agree with that.