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Bianca
02-12-2007, 02:09 PM
Hey guys...

Please read and sign the online petition if you want to help stop the 'pay as you go road and car tax' the goverment is planning to enforce. I thought this was a scam but it's not - I actually read it in the Metro this morning so it's very legit.

Do pass on!

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

If you have not looked at this spare a wee moment. Gordon (that is brown not
Gin) is searching for new ways to hose our money down various black holes.

tongtastic
02-12-2007, 02:57 PM
i tried the link but keeps telling me that the service is unavailable! typical.

Bianca
02-12-2007, 03:11 PM
yeah the site has been really busy - just keep trying....

tongtastic
02-12-2007, 03:33 PM
managed to get onto it and all sorted