Guest SupZ0rs Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Good morning all I thought that as this will affect most of us! (UK people anyway) 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) http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian W Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 EDIT: apologies for acting like a tw*t.....but it's been reposted more times than i care to search for lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibbleyuk Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Signed it mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 The petition is on the 10 Downing St website but they didn't tell anybody about it. A dozen other people on here have since informed us though. This is the second time today I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffvalenti Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Where on earth did the bit about they only need 750000 signatures to stop it come from? Talk about urban legend gone mad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Someone stuck this petition to my back window last night, when I got out to remove it they stole my pin number Maybe. But at least it's been 50 milliseconds since someone alerted me to this, nice to have a break from it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supragaz Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 First I heard about it so thanks and signed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonkin Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 is this seriously gona happen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian C Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Yes. And despite near a million people signing the petition to beat into the govt "no, actually, this is evil and wrong", they will go "meh, but why should we listen to these idiots, we are in charge and know best" and railroad it through anyway. Democracy at work Power hungry nazis interested in nothing but their own personal gain.. -Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Someone stuck this petition to my back window last night, when I got out to remove it they stole my pin number Maybe. But at least it's been 50 milliseconds since someone alerted me to this, nice to have a break from it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Someone stuck this petition to my back window last night, when I got out to remove it they stole my pin number Maybe. But at least it's been 50 milliseconds since someone alerted me to this, nice to have a break from it. Funniest post EVAR!!!1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRD3000GT Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 You know what F**k em. Ill just refuse to pay and install it.. as should EVERYONE else and continue driving around. If enough people do it then they will just have to scrap it and think of other ways to extract money out of us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 You know what F**k em. Ill just refuse to pay and install it.. as should EVERYONE else and continue driving around. If enough people do it then they will just have to scrap it and think of other ways to extract money out of us. Good man. Mass non-payment worked wonders for the Poll Tax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffvalenti Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 You know what F**k em. You F**k em, I'll hold their heads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveL Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 You know what F**k em. Ill just refuse to pay and install it.. as should EVERYONE else and continue driving around. If enough people do it then they will just have to scrap it and think of other ways to extract money out of us. Absolutely... and by the time they force us into fitting them, they'll have modified versions on ebay for 1/4 of the price and include a chipped version that modifies the speed we're doing :d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian W Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 You F**k em, I'll hold their heads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest subfocus Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Anyone thought that they'd need a camera in the car to prove you were driving at the time to charge you with speeding... Or, surely you could say, 'my car was stolen, then returned in mint condition. Prove I was driving at the time' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRD3000GT Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Life is really to short these days.. Im glad to hear Gordon Brown is being taken to court over imposing the carbon tax without even asking anyone and all of as udden I have to pay an extra £40 to fly that will go straight in to his back pocket. If it was actually going towards planting a tree Id be more than happy but recently the Gov are trying my good will as well as everyone elses. I hope it all blows up in their faces terribly, we are a nation that likes to lie over and take it these days and its really not working out for us (the tax payers) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRD3000GT Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 You F**k em, I'll hold their heads Im glad you see the comedy in being watched every second you drive about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastisnice Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 This is no joke, i signed up. How do we know how many signs they got? and why they have to make 7000000s? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManwithSupra Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Does this not like come under "invasion of privacy" as they will know where you are all of the time.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManwithSupra Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Well its 750,000 now so we ought not to worry then If the 750,000 sigs thing is correct then cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 If every single person who was caught by a camera elected to go to court, the system would grind to a halt. Let the buggers prove who was driving rather than everyone rolling over and paying up. I too say f**k em Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkdtime Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Im gonna take out a hit on chubby Brown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazboy Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Well its 750,000 now so we ought not to worry then If the 750,000 sigs thing is correct then cool I don't think they'd car if 750k have signed it- 1 million people got out of bed to march in London in protest of the Iraq war- Teflon Tony still went on to invade another country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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