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Thread #98856   Message #1962499
Posted By: GUEST,learchild
09-Feb-07 - 02:39 PM
Thread Name: BS: car taxation - UK
Subject: BS: car taxation - UK
hello folks
a folk friend circulated this message - we need to spread the word and ask as many people as possible to sign up

Radio 2 programme about the proposed Road Pricing car tax scheme. 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 any body about it. Therefore at the time of the comments only 250,000 people have signed it so far and 750,000 signaturesare required to stop them introducing it.Once you've given your details you don't have to give your full address, just house number and postcodewill 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 wil 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 cardriver, 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