Government petition to restore free road tax

[archmill]

There is an E-petition on the go just now to restore the 30 year old vehicle road tax exemption. If the number of people who sign the petition reaches a certain number (100,000 I was told), it must be raised in Parliament.
The jist of it is that at one time, any vehicle (car or motorcycle) over 30 years old did not pay any road tax. This was frozen 10 years ago so any vehicle to be tax free has now to be pre 1972 and as the petition states, history did not stop in 2002.
If the Government unfroze this exemption, all bikes would be tax free when they are 30 years old. Right now, that would be all machines registered in 1982 or older and it would be ongoing each year.
Copy this link into your search engine to sign up. It only takes a couple of minutes.
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/183

[Tomb]

A minor point but I thought it was only 25 years not 30

[archmill]

There's two petitions on the go Tomb, one for 25 and one for 30 and like you, I thought the rule used to be for 25 years. There's more signed up already for the 30 but there's nothing to stop anyone signing up for both. So I did.

[Tomb]

Signed

[UK Pete]

Signed

[SteveD CB500K0]

I've signed it too.

[clive]

and me

[ste131]

Signed..! Tax is nearly as much as the insurance!

[basketcase]

Count me in!!!

[LesterPiglet]

Signed.

[spookycooky]

Done and done.

[Ewan 500 K1]

signed

[pauliexjr]

Signed

[UKROBK7]

and me x2

[florence]

Surely there has never been a rolling 30 year exemption, as the cut off of Jan 1973 was introduced when the historic vehicle licence was first introduced.  By signing a petition you will simply ask the government to review and posibly amend the law.  Given the current climate, they may make it worse, not better.