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500 signatures needed against road tolls
>> If you are a driver, this will interest you.
>>
>> 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)
>> and pass this on to as many people as possible.
>>
>> http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax/
>>
>>
>> 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)
>> and pass this on to as many people as possible.
>>
>> http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax/
>>
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:spam:
Do you have a mobile phone?Vedra Nativa0 -
Actually, it's not spam, thank you very much.
Yes I will be voting, but you have to do everything possible don't you?
The war went ahead because Blair is Bush's !!!!! and that's what he wanted.0 -
When I posted, the others ones weren't here, so fair enough, it's been seen.0
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