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Samray
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OK, so it is MCN but even they lie less than the DoT.New tax evasion figures released today show that only 6.5 percent of bikes seen on the road during surveys are without tax – making a mockery of earlier Department for Transport reports claiming nearly 40 percent of motorcyclists dodged road tax.
http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/ ... =EPI-98577
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HowardQ
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Why do they need to do a very small survey, (probably at great expense) then project ridiculous figures from this small sample.
What a load of bullocks, I watch the telly!
All they need to do is ask their computer to find any untaxed bike and then it is simply crushed in front of your eyes, next time you look inside the garage or take the bike cover off.
Seriously if their computer is so good, (as it damn well should be if they rely on it for all other information), they can very easily put out honest stats to show exactly how many registered bikes there are, how many are taxed, SORN, and er crushed, (untaxed).
The police rely on this information to nick us, so it can't be that inaccurate.
I think if they produced this, it may show a different picture, I reckon somebody should request this information under the "Freedom of Information Act" so these other facts can be shown to be incorrect, before they use these lies as an excuse to have every bike tagged.
What a load of bullocks, I watch the telly!
All they need to do is ask their computer to find any untaxed bike and then it is simply crushed in front of your eyes, next time you look inside the garage or take the bike cover off.
Seriously if their computer is so good, (as it damn well should be if they rely on it for all other information), they can very easily put out honest stats to show exactly how many registered bikes there are, how many are taxed, SORN, and er crushed, (untaxed).
The police rely on this information to nick us, so it can't be that inaccurate.
I think if they produced this, it may show a different picture, I reckon somebody should request this information under the "Freedom of Information Act" so these other facts can be shown to be incorrect, before they use these lies as an excuse to have every bike tagged.
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Samray
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Bikers Not 'Tax Cheats' Says Leading Insurer
http://www.prweb.com/releases/Bikesure/ ... 705773.htm
http://www.prweb.com/releases/Bikesure/ ... 705773.htm
Robert Balls concludes: "The original ridiculously high figure of 38% should have made the MPs use their common sense instead of taking statistics at face value. Even ignoring the fact that the current figures look dodgy too, we think at the very least the MPs owes bikers in general an apology.
"And there ought to be an admission from the statisticians that they managed to cock up the figures so spectacularly. Next time they do a survey maybe they should talk to a few bikers, or at least people who know bikers."
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Samray
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Much as I hate linking to More Crap News
http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/ ... =EPI-98845MP apologises for calling bikers tax dodgers