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Petition to scrap the planned road pricing policy
I have been sent this email - I have checked it out and the details are on the 10 Downing Street website.
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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.
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax/
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It looks legit to me but maybe someone could enlighten us?
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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.
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax/
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It looks legit to me but maybe someone could enlighten us?
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Personally I think its :spam:
Do you have a mobile phone?Vedra Nativa0 -
Spam from whom? What does a mobile phone have to do with anything?0
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This email has been doing the rounds for weeks now. Or what seems like weeks anyway. I get the same email at least 5 times a week.
Besides, the scare tactics used in the email are complete rubbish. There have been no trials of this proposed tax either by the government or an independent body. I can't find any link for the BBC figures. The government haven't even decided on whether its going to replace existing road taxes or supplement them let alone know what to charge per mile.
You can be traced to within 3 metres of your current position when using your mobile through your sim card.Vedra Nativa0
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