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Lostboy:
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Have any of these people stopped to consider the impact on the economy if they were to ban 4x4's?
Manufacturers would stop manufacturing 4x4's for the UK market, so immediately there will be large scale job losses in the motor industry. This will not be limited to just those people in Solihull, but also the knock on effect.
With no UK market for 4x4's, the only way our emergency services, utility companies, farmers etc could obtain them (assuming they had an exemption) would be via import, which will be expensive and difficult. I'm not certain of the europeanised legislation, but surely no UK market means the manufacturers would not bother getting type approval for the vehicles in the UK, and hence require anyone importing them to go the SVA route? Complex and difficult.
There would be no aftermarket industry, no specialist mechanics, parts manufacturers, you wouldn't even be able to pop to Kwik-Fit to get a new tyre, so the vehicles will become very difficult and expensive to maintain.
Subsequently, authorised users would not be able to afford the vehicles. This will be a serious blow for any remote communities and would have an impact on more mundane things such as "Nope, we know there was a snow storm that brought all the power down to 30000 people in the Scottish Borders, but we can't even begin repairs until the roads get opened to our vans."
Yes, they may be a problem in cities and on school runs - there are better ways of sorting out these problems than a ban.
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xmob:
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Bob696:
--- Quote ---Have any of these people stopped to consider the impact on the economy if they were to ban 4x4's?
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Nope, no more than the anti-smokers think of the impact of reduced tax income.
According to ASH figures, the goverments income from tax on cigs is more than they pay out for the NHS. Lets say your average smoker pays £5 a day for cigs thats about £4 tax. Lets say the number of smokers is roughly equal to the number of workers who pay income tax (housewives who smoke, unemployed, low wages, black economy workers etc). That works out that everybody who pays income tax will have to pay around £120 a month extra to support the NHS. Zelots dont think, they just shout until somebody listens.
(ooopppssss sorry completly off topic)
Jimbrown:
Here is mine
SteveH:
Like it Jim ;)
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