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Petition - Travelling Tax !!!!!!!

Please read and sign

I got sent this from my manager

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax/ <
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax/&gt;

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.

There is only until 20th February to register your objection to the 'Pay
as you go' road tax.

The petition is on the 10 Downing St website but guess what, they didn't
tell anybody about it. 750,000 signatures are required to stop them
introducing it.

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.

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/ <
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax/&gt;
If you dont ask you dont get!!

Comments

  • PPJ
    PPJ Posts: 82 Forumite
    jaygrunt wrote:
    .... 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.

    What figures did the BBC use as the basis for their study? Are the proposals that specific?
  • Keith
    Keith Posts: 2,924 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    29 threads exist on this topic.
  • jaygrunt
    jaygrunt Posts: 529 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    PPJ wrote:
    What figures did the BBC use as the basis for their study? Are the proposals that specific?

    I just clicked on the link and read more about it.

    I have signed it anywho :-)
    If you dont ask you dont get!!
  • Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
    Vedra Nativa
  • jaygrunt
    jaygrunt Posts: 529 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!


    Are you okay ???????

    And sorry to everyone who is offended that I forgot to searc the site!
    If you dont ask you dont get!!
  • Andy_L
    Andy_L Posts: 13,051 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    PPJ wrote:
    What figures did the BBC use as the basis for their study? Are the proposals that specific?

    They were made up by the bbc's expert (an academic iirc)

    No, its a feasability study
    http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roads/roadpricing/feasibilitystudy/studyreport/

    and raises all the questions that have to be addressed (eg privicy, installation cost, shoud the charge be in addition or instead of cat tax & fuel duty)
  • jaygrunt wrote:
    Are you okay ???????

    And sorry to everyone who is offended that I forgot to searc the site!

    I'm fine, but people who believe this tripe aren't.
    Vedra Nativa
  • Sam_Bee
    Sam_Bee Posts: 1,393 Forumite
    Is there a petition available if you support it's introduction?
  • PPJ
    PPJ Posts: 82 Forumite
    Andy_L wrote:
    They were made up by the bbc's expert (an academic iirc)

    Well, that seals it then. I'd better sign.
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