Petition closes on 20th February - less than a month!
MaryH
In message <[log in to unmask]>, Julian
Bradley <[log in to unmask]> writes
>If you drive a car, or care about freedom from Government intrusion,
>consider this.
>
>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.
>http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax/
>
>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 UKP200 and in a
>recent study by the BBC, the lowest monthly bill was UKP28 for a rural
>florist and UKP194 for a delivery driver. A non working mother who
>used the car to take the kids to school paid UKP86 in one month.
>
>On top of this massive increase in tax, you will be tracked. Somebody
>will know where you are at all times. If you care about our freedom
>follow the link above.
>
>NB There are now over 750,000 signatories, and given how many people
>won't have heard of the petition this is incredible. It would
>nonetheless be good to see >2 million.
>
>Julian
>
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Mary Hawking
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