In NZ drivers of diesel vehicles and vehicles over 3.5 tonnes pay by the KM in the form of road user charges (See http://www.ltsa.govt.nz/commercial/ruc.html ) .
Anyway, if you are like me for whatever reason, you bike is mostly a toy. A serious toy, but a toy. Mostly used on the weekends and fine evenings. Where I live at the moment, I don't ride to work because I live 30 mins walk away from it. If I did live further away, I probably would use my bike as a commuter vehicle.
Now it would suit me, money wise, if I payed charges based on the distance I rode on the bike, like a diesel car owner does. I wouldn't pay all that rego for not much use. In my case I have done less than 10,000km in two years.
It would also suit me if I wanted to start a small collection of bikes that don't qualify as classic vehicles yet (They get cheaper rego) but I still wanted to ride them on public roads.
Would some sort of KM charge instead of time based rego suit you too?
Your thoughts? Just wondering..
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