doxhope 2 Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 For anyone who drives a car this will be very expensive. If you drive a car, please read - Sarah Kennedy was talking about this proposed car tax scheme on Radio 2. 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 and 750,000 signatures are required for the goverment to at least take any notice. 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. 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 are concerned about this Orwellian plan and want to stop 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. Sign up if you value your freedom and democratic rights - http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FPO 0 Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 They may make their minds up without us, but with the number of us that are on this site alone it would make sence to fill it in, Only takes a fraction of the time that any off us spend on hear each day! I filled mine in a few weeks ago along with everyone else I could collar at work. In the rural comunities it is going to cost a fortune. especially now that they have go rid of all the small local shops and PO. It may help, you never know. Look how much the police dont police the hunting ban, they now how many people support it? Its not just a tax, its another case of big brother, they will be able to trace you at any time, (no this wont bring thefts down, theives will just remove box!) Anything I can do to try and stop it makes it worth spending a few mins on the site. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marco 24 Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 iv'e signed it fecking government,it says they have 946,000 signatures so lets hope thats enough,like bullet says have they already made there mind up Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest oldskool Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 done Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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