turbonut Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Hi all Was sent this at work today. Its always ify responding to round robin emails but is sounds genuine and has been discussed of late: Sarah Kennedy was on about this proposed car tax scheme on the radio. Apparently there is only one month left to register your objection to the 'Pay as you go' road tax. The petition is on the 10 Downing St website but they didn't tell anybody about it. Therefore at the time of Sarah's comments only 250,000 people had signed it so far and 750,000 signatures are required to stop them introducing it. This is legit... from the 10 Downing Street's website. Once you've given your details (you don't have to give your full address, just house number and postcode will do), they will send you an email with a link in it. Once you click on that link, you'll have signed the petition. Democracy in action? The government's proposal to introduce road pricing will mean you having to purchase a tracking device for your car and paying a monthly bill to use it. The tracking device will cost about £200 and in a recent study by the BBC, the lowest monthly bill was £28 for a rural florist and £194 for a delivery driver. A non working mother who used the car to take the kids to school paid £86 in one month. On top of this massive increase in tax, you will be tracked. Somebody will know where you are at all times. They will also know how fast you have been going, so even if you accidentally creep over a speed limit in time you can probably expect a Notice of Intended Prosecution with your monthly bill. If you care about our freedom and stopping the constant bashing of the car driver, please sign the petition on No 10's new website (link below) and pass this on to as many people as possible. http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax/ If you have not looked at this spare a wee moment. Gordon (that is brown not Gin) is searching for new ways to hose our money down various black holes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snooze Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 A non working mother who used the car to take the kids to school paid £86 in one month. Maybe they should have biked, walked or taken the bus like we had to when we were nippers ?!? To be honest, tho', the basic idea of taxation per mile isn't a bad one as long as the tax goes back into maintaining the roads - that way the people who use the roads pay for the roads. I really don't like the compulsory tracker idea tho' - that's all a bit 1984. Just using odometer readings should suffice. With my Supra-owning hat on, it's certainly better than more petrol tax, heh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Another Repost!! http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=98650&highlight=petition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffvalenti Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 When you do register they leave a tracking cookie on your bloody computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraAyf Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Im female BUT I DONT DO PINK & FLUFFY I much preferred your sig-block when it didn't have the '& Fluffy' bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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