Anyone planning to leave the UK due to the war on cars?

[Jamaica]

The initial message was deleted from this topic on 23 May 2022 at 20:32

[raspy]

Jamaica said:

Thr war on cars is getting a bit ridiculous now. The clean air zones.... the insane tax.. it won't be long before you wlcant even take out your weekend car for a blast without spending £1000 a year in tax and being contained by clean air zones.

It is getting ridiculous. Road trips will be a thing of the past, if you are a car enthusiast the UK is horrid and getting worse

Yes, the war on cars has prompted me to emigrate immediately. These policy makers have been so cruel towards us driving enthusiasts.

How dare they?!

[Undercover McNoName]

Jamaica said:

Thr war on cars is getting a bit ridiculous now. The clean air zones.... the insane tax.. it won't be long before you wlcant even take out your weekend car for a blast without spending £1000 a year in tax and being contained by clean air zones.

It is getting ridiculous. Road trips will be a thing of the past, if you are a car enthusiast the UK is horrid and getting worse

Good luck mate

[Jazoli]

I was thinking of moving to Ireland because of the amount in tax my cars are costing me every year....

[valiant]

Where are you going to move to?

Lots of cities in Europe have or a planning to have some sort of levy on driving for older, more polluting cars.

Road tax on cars in Europe is considerably higher in some countries than the U.K.

Difference in fuel ain’t that much that you’d emigrate for.

Speed cameras are a fact of life no matter where you live.

If you live outside of major cities, what restrictions or impositions do you face?

[anonymous-user]

What are you on about?

The UK is one of the best countries in the world for running ‘sports’ cars without punitive taxes and or restrictions.

Sounds like a urban issue, not sure they could have cleaner air than we already do in N Wales.

[av185]

If you think the UK is punitive you could always try Switzerland or the Netherlands .....

[Evanivitch]

Jamaica said:

Thr war on cars is getting a bit ridiculous now. The clean air zones.... the insane tax.. it won't be long before you wlcant even take out your weekend car for a blast without spending £1000 a year in tax and being contained by clean air zones.

It is getting ridiculous. Road trips will be a thing of the past, if you are a car enthusiast the UK is horrid and getting worse

Where is better?

[sociopath]

Probably 90% of roads in this country can be driven without police interference,

So nope

[GT911]

Evanivitch said:

Where is better?

Jamaica?

[Evanivitch]

GT911 said:

Evanivitch said:

Where is better?

Jamaica?

The foreign office advice sounds delightful.

https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/jamaica/s...

[rampageturke]

Jamaica said:

Thr war on cars is getting a bit ridiculous now. The clean air zones.... the insane tax.. it won't be long before you wlcant even take out your weekend car for a blast without spending £1000 a year in tax and being contained by clean air zones.

It is getting ridiculous. Road trips will be a thing of the past, if you are a car enthusiast the UK is horrid and getting worse

Despite what the UK government might do to motoring enthusiasts, it's still a better place to live than Somalia.

Get a grip

[JmatthewB]

Whilst there are a lot of people who hate cars and the idea of people driving, there is no war on cars. For decades our towns and lives have been built almost entirely around the car so we are used to having billions invested into roads. What we are seeing now is a little bit of investment in cycle lanes, buses, trams and pedestrian friendly zones to readdress some of the bias in our towns that has always been slanted towards cars.

[gazza285]

Try Yorkshire.

[av185]

JmatthewB said:

Whilst there are a lot of people who hate cars and the idea of people driving, there is no war on cars.

Car wars was on TV though. I watched it once.

[tril]

Evanivitch said:

GT911 said:

Evanivitch said:

Where is better?

Jamaica?

The foreign office advice sounds delightful.

https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/jamaica/s...

Jamaica isn't bad outside of certain areas. Most Caribbean islands you'd actually want to live in have savage luxury car taxes however

[shalmaneser]

Jamaica said:

Thr war on cars is getting a bit ridiculous now. The clean air zones.... the insane tax.. it won't be long before you wlcant even take out your weekend car for a blast without spending £1000 a year in tax and being contained by clean air zones.

It is getting ridiculous. Road trips will be a thing of the past, if you are a car enthusiast the UK is horrid and getting worse

Jesus what a snowflake

[iphonedyou]

I can't even imagine how perfect my life would otherwise need to be for this to become such a significant factor that I'd worry about it at all - let alone let it drive me to emigration. Uprooting my family, my company - because road tax is too high?

Yeah, no.

[TheOctaneAddict]

No, are you for real?

[Evil.soup]

shalmaneser said:

Jamaica said:

Thr war on cars is getting a bit ridiculous now. The clean air zones.... the insane tax.. it won't be long before you wlcant even take out your weekend car for a blast without spending £1000 a year in tax and being contained by clean air zones.

It is getting ridiculous. Road trips will be a thing of the past, if you are a car enthusiast the UK is horrid and getting worse

Jesus what a snowflake

Right, WTF is a snowflake these days, other than the kind in the North Pole of course?