Stealth tax on your road fund licence -Act now

arcotplayer

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 government 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

Keith

Spam.

And by that, I mean your spam posting an email which I've recieved every week since about October.

achtunglady

At the moment there are 676,108 signatures,so maybe your facts are wrong about there only being 250,000 signatures

Zoetoes

I have already signed this recently but thanks for posting it as others may not have seen it yet.

corman_2

well i say thanks for posting that cos i'd never had any emails etc about it

rdwarr

It gets posted here about three times per week! The number of signatures in the OP shows how old the story is now.
Nice to see the "democratic right" argument coming in to distort the facts though :rolleyes:

cheepskate_2

Thanks To The Op, Didnt Know This Petition Or Site Existed

Keith

Trouble is, would the Government listen to an online petition? Especially one, a single person is able to sign multiple times.

A few years ago, thousands marched frequently in Central London, and the Government still ignored them and went to war.

Martin81162

I'm a bit confused by all this. If you read the original post it states some facts and figures none of which are on the petition. Does anyone have a link to a reliable source of information about this new tax? At the moment it looks like rumour and speculation so some supporting evidence would be nice before I put my name to this.

The_Lambton_Worm

:spam:

Do you have a mobile phone?

LizD_2

achtunglady wrote:

At the moment there are 676,108 signatures,so maybe your facts are wrong about there only being 250,000 signatures

That's useful to know. It's easy to be cynical about these things, but surely it's worth 5 minutes to sign?

After all, if everyone said 'why should I bother, one person can't make a difference', nothing would ever change.