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Originally posted by Rocker
so that means as a rider with over 40 years experiance I would be paying the same as someone who passed their test yesterday.I hardly think that is right.I still feel that the need to display an insurance disc would work just as well and still give us the right to shop around.Can't you just imagine Gordon Browns delight if he had the chance to set the insurance rate for every vechile in the country. It would make the fuel tax & council tax seem cheap |
Well, maybe I'm not the best person in the world to explain this but the government doesn't set the price, insurance companies do. The insurance component is quite cheap and you have a choice of insurers.
Interestingly enough, in Aus we have council rates which is similar to council tax here the only difference being who pays it. If you rent a house it is the responsibility of the house owner to pay rates, not the tenant. So I pay council tax for my rented house in Twickenham and council rates for the house I own in Brisbane.