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@Oliver Schick
No, it's not. It's about the usual contention from motorists that 'cyclists don't pay for the roads they use as they don't pay "road tax"'. The idea behind it is that 'road tax' pays for roads. The problem is that 'road tax' hasn't existed for a long time (there's only a tax on motor vehicles, Vehicle Excise Duty) and roads and streets are paid for from general taxation, which 'cyclists' pay just as much as the next person. Besides, a lot of 'cyclists' have cars, too, and pay Vehicle Excise Duty, anyway. It's just one of those astonishingly ignorant prejudices that survive for decades in the complete absence of any facts to back them up. When someone as intelligent as Clarkson foments such a prejudice, you can rest assured that he is being insincere. (Don't feed the troll.)