Submitted on Monday 11th December 2023
Rejected on Tuesday 19th December 2023
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Revisit the VED for motorcycles now that we are not in the EU.
The last petition on this subject was in 2014 and was rejected because the EU determined what VED (Road tax) is levied on motorcycles. As we have exited the EU we should once again revisit this subject as at present it is a totally unjust charging system.
I would like the Government to recognise in light of not only having left the EU, but that it also wants us to reduce our emissions with our road based vehicles. Therefore it should recognise that motorcycles are far less damaging to the environment and the highways because of lower weight, size and emissions. For instance, my 12 year old car weighs 1428kg, is a twin turbo diesel and pays £35 per year road tax. My motorcycle is less than one year old, Euro V emissions, weighs 220kg!
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
We have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:
Set vehicle tax rates for motorcycles based on emissions not engine size: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/642958
If you want the Government to change vehicle tax rates for motorcycles in some other way, you could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.
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