This is pathetic. Anybody with half a brain knows they mean the same thing by either name.No.
Look up and understand what VED stands for.
Roads that give cyclists priority.
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No it isn't and it's the reason why the ignorant wrongly believe that cyclists have no right to use the roads.
Educate yourself.
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Well they don't pay VED or have any insurance to be on the road like other road users have. They are just a nuisance
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Like you want cyclists to be prevented using the roads because they haven't paid any VED?
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They're frequently used interchangeably only because it was originally a Road Fund Licence.
The reason it isn't called Road tax is to stop people getting confused thinking that it goes to pay for the roads. It doesn't. Nor should it.
Roads and railways are public infrastructure, even if you don't use a car or a train you need them to be there for society as we know it to exist. We tax drivers because they're an easy source of revenue. Its that simple.
Cyclist only streets just make it a more pleasant environment, so i don't see why anyone wouldn't want that - cleaner, quieter and safer: what's wrong with that picture?
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We could even have coppers on bikes, policing these cycle only streets. 
That's 20th century thinking - surely robot bobbies on e-bikes is the way to go.We could even have coppers on bikes, policing these cycle only streets.
As long as they don't go out of their way to deliberately obstruct other road users, some take pleasure in doing just that.
On my way in to Chepstow climbing a big, big hill that suspiciously felt like it was trying to grow up in to a mountain one day; i was in low, low gear and pushing for the next corner (where i was certain it would become steeper*) i became aware of a growing presence behind me - a quick glance over my shoulder confirmed this as a loaded lorry grimly clung to my rear wheel with the determination to urge me onwards and upwards with much more haste than i could manage.
Knowing he was there...with a tail of vehicles growing by the minute, only made me maintain my pace with some small satisfaction that there was no way past until we all reached the summit - eventually.
Reckon it took me about 10-15 minutes to make the climb as the drizzle fell upon us all in equal measure. Stuffum, i thought, giving one a friendly wave when he pipped his horn irritably at me on his way by.
*i was right.
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Should pedestrians be banded from using public roads, and footpaths? Well yes, we do have roads where pedestrians are not allowed, not only motorways, but other roads as well, the A55 for example has many sections where pedestrians and bicycles are not permitted. But there is always an alternative route.
And I do feel to provide alternative routes, for motorised and non motorised transport is good, the Mawddach trail is a good example, and one has to ask if the A493 should allow pedestrians and bicycles when there is such a good alternative.
But the A470 is rather a dangerous road for both pedestrians and bicycles, in the main because of Armaco barriers, with no space behind the barrier to walk or cycle, and due to the barrier the pedestrian can't step to one side, and there is no chance for the cyclist to get out of the way.
The roads were designed for a horse and cart, the cart was just over the width of a horse, so around the same as a Morris Minor, and with cars that wide the road was ample, even an 80 inch Landrover was not too wide, and the tractor was also narrower, today we see much wider cars, and also mobile homes being transported on that road which are well over size, even the Landrover running before them is wider than they use to be, longer as well went for 80 inch wheel base to 88, then 90 and some up to 127 inch wheel base, but road in the main can't be made wider, as it clings onto the side of a mountain. If cars went back to size of an Austin 7, then there would be no problem.
What we need is same as Japan were they have a special class of narrow car, the Vauxhall Agila was an example, then there would be much less of a problem, why do we need such big cars?
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fails because of the range, 46 miles is a tad too short for me, maybe it needs pedels to extend the range, but idea is good.
And I do feel to provide alternative routes, for motorised and non motorised transport is good, the Mawddach trail is a good example, and one has to ask if the A493 should allow pedestrians and bicycles when there is such a good alternative.
But the A470 is rather a dangerous road for both pedestrians and bicycles, in the main because of Armaco barriers, with no space behind the barrier to walk or cycle, and due to the barrier the pedestrian can't step to one side, and there is no chance for the cyclist to get out of the way.
The roads were designed for a horse and cart, the cart was just over the width of a horse, so around the same as a Morris Minor, and with cars that wide the road was ample, even an 80 inch Landrover was not too wide, and the tractor was also narrower, today we see much wider cars, and also mobile homes being transported on that road which are well over size, even the Landrover running before them is wider than they use to be, longer as well went for 80 inch wheel base to 88, then 90 and some up to 127 inch wheel base, but road in the main can't be made wider, as it clings onto the side of a mountain. If cars went back to size of an Austin 7, then there would be no problem.
What we need is same as Japan were they have a special class of narrow car, the Vauxhall Agila was an example, then there would be much less of a problem, why do we need such big cars?
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fails because of the range, 46 miles is a tad too short for me, maybe it needs pedels to extend the range, but idea is good.If this is the main argument, then you should also have the same annoyance with mobility scooters (who pay no road tax), and all electric vehicles that previously were not paying any road tax before the new rules came in.
lol - you got a stick up your ass about my ride in to Chepstow?
Did i forget to mention the road was a tight stretch of tarmac, high walls on my side - no room to move either way and all i could do was go at my own pace up a steep hill in drizzly rain at the end of a long ride all day. I was amused by the irritation showed by road users who couldn't get by because there was no room to do so. How is this my fault?
Because most people who own cars think that they should be able to drive them on any paved surface/public highway. The thought of being banned from certain stretches of road really gets to them. In the same way that lots of people would rather park outside their house and cause an obstruction, instead of parking somewhere more suitable 1min walk away.
When I used to drop my son at school, we parked about 100 yards away and never struggled to park, and never struggled to get out again. I'd walk by the chaos outside/near the school where it was often gridlocked.
Yes, you did forget to mention it. You suddenly remembered after being called out on how you described with glee how you managed to hold up a long trail of traffic.
If you're telling me there wasn't enough room for you to move to one side, dismount and allow the traffic to pass, I don't believe you.
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