Petrol tax - a fairer method?

[st00ji]

personally i like the petrol tax idea, if they do away with ACC levies on registration. as mentioned above much harder to dodge - you cant just not fill up with gas in the same way that you can choose not to register your bike. but i guess that will hit high mileage users pretty hard (couriers etc)

for all those people considering not paying rego if these hikes go through, you can bet your bottom dollar there will be increased policing of current registrations on bikes

[nudedaytona]

I think if they are going to charge more, they should stick the levies on booze. I reckon that most of the motorcycle accidents not involving other vehicles, the riders were tanked at the time. And its not just motorcycle accidents, heaps of people fall over, get into fights, car accidents/drunk drivers. It would be unfair on those who just have a few beers and don't hurt themselves or others, but still better than pinging motorcyclists. After all, there's nothing inherently harmful about motorcycling, in fact its good - less emissions, less congestion etc. But alcohol, sooner or later you're going to have an accident, or fuck your liver, or just make a fool of yourself

[Icemaestro]

Bonus - people with chainsaws and mowers would be paying a bit too :-D

[Naki Rat]

Bonus - people with chainsaws and mowers would be paying a bit too :-D

Don't forget boats and farm tractors, especially if an ACC levy was introduced as part of the diesel pump price

[nallac]

bigger bikes/sportier cars use more fuel....
SUVs use more fuel too

its not always true,
my 1200cc Buell uses less gas than
my old R1,Dr650 or 900 Hornet and only slightly more than a work mates
DRZ400

Our Suv(Bighorn) uses less gas(diesel) than most equivient people movers
use in petrol,which in turn use about as much as our old 5l V8.

Its a hard thing to justify,but would be the fairest way to tax multiple vehicle owners. Boats,jet skis,offroad vehicles etc would all pay there share.

[k2w3]

The truckies would hate it applied at the pump.

[Naki Rat]

.....Our Suv(Bighorn) uses less gas(diesel) than most equivient people movers
use in petrol,which in turn use about as much as our old 5l V8.
......

You pay an ACC levy as part of the rego on your diesel SUV end of story. There is NO ACC levy on diesel or RUC