Start charging cyclists for road tax after motor vehicle drivers start getting charged road tax
Road Tax was abolished around 80 years ago, I think the PM was Winston Churchill,
Roads are paid from general taxation.
If road tax was reintroduced as in direct revenue to construct and maintain roads, many motorists would be unhappy, the bill for road repairs and construction divided by the number of vehicles, may well be a lot more is a lot more than the levels of VED we pay.
VED is purportedly based on CO2 emissions, my Honda 125 SuperCub motorbike is £21 / annum, it returns upto 190 mpg, and I assume has a very small CO2 output, far less than a car, It is a puzzle that such a modest vehicle, top speed 60 mph and 3 times the mpg of a small car is VED taxed so highly compared to a small car.
Small cars in categories A,B,C, pay £0, £20, £30 per annum respectively
postscript,
The Co2 emission figure of the SuperCub is 34gm/km, the £21 VED is the same as a car in VED B 101 - 110 gm/km, "I'm being ripped off"
If you hadn't been wearing the helmet, I doubt you'd have hit your head. The helmet debate is an interesting one. Statistically, pedestrians are slightly more likely to be killed on the roads than cyclists. I've no doubt that many die from serious head injuries which could be prevented by wearing a helmet but we don't expect pedestrians to wear a helmet when walking on or close to a road.
Drivers and passengers of motor vehicles suffer head injuries of severity in vehicle accidents, for the case of making cyclists wear helmets, the same case can be applied to motorists and passengers.
Cycling is not a dangerous activity, the risk is very exaggerated by media and misconception. regular cycling improves the cardiovascular system therefore delaying the onset of heart and lung issues afflicting the elderly, in general terms the net effects upon health of cycling are positive, on balance the positives for health outweigh the negatives of accidents and injuries.