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| Thread ID: 126006 | 2012-08-01 05:49:00 | Rip off RUC | prefect (6291) | PC World Chat |
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| 1292082 | 2012-08-01 22:27:00 | Well you could refit it with a 460 blig block petrol, should have enough grunt, not sure it would be very economical Any vehicle over 3500kg Gross laden weight must pay Road User charges so if you have a petrol engine you are being taxed twice as the tax is also included in the petrol. |
McRuff (12291) | ||
| 1292083 | 2012-08-01 23:24:00 | Road users have been subsidising heavy vehicles from year dot, pay your way and shut up. The constant adjustments only reflect how much out of kilter the system has been. The new system means the heavily loaded trucks like logging etc will pay heaps less whil the trucks that carry bulky light loads like insulation etc will pay heaps more. The heavily loaded trucks are the ones that cause the wear & tear. |
Arnie (6624) | ||
| 1292084 | 2012-08-01 23:36:00 | The heavily loaded trucks are the ones that cause the wear & tear! Isn't there a weight bearing distribution over the tyre bogeys' to compensate for weight ? e. g. Centurion Tanks don't normally rip up highways unles doing a pivot. Lurking. |
Lurking (218) | ||
| 1292085 | 2012-08-02 00:08:00 | The new system means the heavily loaded trucks like logging etc will pay heaps less whil the trucks that carry bulky light loads like insulation etc will pay heaps more. The heavily loaded trucks are the ones that cause the wear & tear. People with large motorhomes and house buses are going to pay heaps more unless there is some way to get the GVM lowered for the vehicle. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 1292086 | 2012-08-02 01:20:00 | I never understood why they don't just add it to the diesel price like they do with petrol, the whole system seems unweildy to me. Sure there are a lot of diesel vehicles that are not road users but surely that can be sorted without the whole RUC fiasco. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1292087 | 2012-08-02 01:25:00 | I never understood why they don't just add it to the diesel price like they do with petrol, the whole system seems unweildy to me. Sure there are a lot of diesel vehicles that are not road users but surely that can be sorted without the whole RUC fiasco. Your correct but as usual in this country a complete new Gov department with lots of public servant would need to be setup to handle the tax exceptions like back before the mid 1970s when you could get a tax rebate on lawn mower and boating fuel.. In Victoria , AU their trucks and the like have no hubometers.. Not sure how any RUC is charged.. |
paulw (1826) | ||
| 1292088 | 2012-08-02 03:10:00 | I don't know what ours is yet....Ute. No doubt it will be more.... | pctek (84) | ||
| 1292089 | 2012-08-02 09:36:00 | In Victoria , AU their trucks and the like have no hubometers.. Not sure how any RUC is charged.. They do here too. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1292090 | 2012-08-02 09:38:00 | People with large motorhomes and house buses are going to pay heaps more unless there is some way to get the GVM lowered for the vehicle. Sorry but what is GVM. I'm having trouble these days with all the acronyms. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1292091 | 2012-08-02 09:40:00 | I never understood why they don't just add it to the diesel price like they do with petrol, the whole system seems unweildy to me. Sure there are a lot of diesel vehicles that are not road users but surely that can be sorted without the whole RUC fiasco. I think it would be much more trouble for those non road using diesel users trying to get a refund than the way it is now. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
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