Avoid Travel Tax - deadline 20 Feb 07

Horlock

First off appologies if this is the wrong place to list - almost certainly is - but there is a shortage of time - please feel free to move this post to the correct place.

It seems that there is a little known official petition web site (on the downing street site) allowing people to object to the proposed travel tax. See link below.
The link http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax/
I received an email this morning (Which gave the impression of being a hoax - but the link seems honest and official. At the bottom I enclose the original email - however, I find the truth of the email extremely debatable. That is I don't believe the email's content - however, I do believe that the petition is genuine and people may wish to opose the motion. I for 1 commute over 40 miles each day and basically would probably have to change jobs - the pay is utter pants anyway.

The link again

The email (remember this isn't mine - I don't believe it either - but for completeness)

Don't know how true this is, but if you have to commute a distance, it
may
be worth your while objecting!
>
> If you drive a car, please read -
>
>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 goverment
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
<http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax&gt;
>
> _

The link again

At time of original posting petition count stands at <898000

Keith

Woohoo, there is now 34 threads on this subject :rolleyes:

rare_stuff

Surely you wouldn’t suggest we paid for our road usage in a proportion to the amount we used them, particularly in peak times? This is an issue that seriously needs looked at and the proposals studied in depth so a solution that will work is developed. Many comments I have read such as yours does nothing for the debate and just fuels knee-jerk almost NIMBY reactions to change, even if this change could benefit us all in the long run.:mad: