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Car owners!! Sign the petition
Shirie
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For all those car owners....This is real!!!!
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. 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 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. 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 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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"Signatures: 796,958" -- looks like the people have responded
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Welcome to MSE Sherie, but I woun't be signing this petition, I think its a good idea.From MSE Martin - Some General Tips On Holiday Home Organisations and Sales Meetings
DO NOT TOUCH ANY OF THEM WITH A BARGEPOLE!0 -
Shirie wrote:
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.
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax/
Do you really think that is 750,000 people do this it would not become law?
Surely you cannot imagine the laws of the land are dictated by signing an on line form such as this?0 -
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STOP POSTING THIS FLIPPING PETITION THING!!!
:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad::A MSE's turbo-charged CurlyWurlyGirly:A
Thinks Naughty Things Too Much Clique Member No 3, 4 & 5 0 -
I must say, road-pricing is in everyone's interest. Even drivers.
People opposing it just lack common sense.0 -
Obviously they didn't. There are hundreds of petitions on the website, mostly from cranks, and Downing Street isn't responsible for publicising them all!Shirie wrote:The petition is on the 10 Downing St website but they didn't tell anybody about it.
Rubbish, pure and simple.750,000 signatures are required to stop them introducing it.
But there were only three in the study, all doing a fair mileage (one of them 1,000 a week) - it doesn't prove a great deal!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.0 -
Why? Surely congestion is self correcting?Voyager2002 wrote:I must say, road-pricing is in everyone's interest. Even drivers.
People opposing it just lack common sense.Happy chappy0 -
does anyone know if this is a hoax or for real?Here I go again on my own....0
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