Petition Against Road Tolls
Petition Against Road Tolls
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Roley130

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234 months

Wednesday 7th February 2007
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I apologise if this has been previously posted, but ther isn't much time left to register your dissapproval of the governemts plans for road pricing. Please see an exerpt from a mail I just got :-

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.

If you want to add your name click on this link :-

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax/