!!!!!!!!!! Road tax petition PLEASE LOOK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hello signed into msn today and got this don't normally take note of the crap that gets send to me but this looks like it is real here's the link and what was sent.

Hi all,

This really is very important.

There are only 15 days left to register your objection to the 'Pay as you
go' road tax ? which closes to petitions on the 20th February 2007.

The petition is on the 10 Downing St website but they didn't tell anybody
about it. Therefore at this time only 671,354 people have signed it so far
and 750,000 signatures are 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 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://www.vwgolfmk1.org.uk/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=19506&highlight=petition

http://www.vwgolfmk1.org.uk/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=19584&highlight=petition

:mrgreen:  Signed

a1_16v_cab said

750,000 signatures are required to stop them introducing it.

It doesn't matter if you get 75 million signatures, if they want to introduce it, they will…

Check!

Tian :evil:

Doesn't matter if you sign it or not. Now that some silly person has started a 'terrorist' campaign of sending letter bombs to government motoring bodies, that's enough reason to dismiss public opinion and go ahead with anything they like. I say, drain your savings and go out and buy a huge big V8 (or Golf GTI if you want) before its too late!

paul_c said

go out and buy a huge big V8 (or Golf GTI if you want) before its too late!

  that's why I've now got 2   and they won't stop me driving them

don't like the idea of putting trackers in my cars though  :evil: got nothing to hide but I just don't like the whole 'big brother' attitude where someone could find out exactly where I am and where I've travelled! which is exactly what the system will be used for eventually

While a tracker could potentially track your speed, it can't take take your pic to prove you were driving like a speed camera can…  :wink:

Sod em all - It will promote a mad max culture and well all be driving road warrior machines anyway! :x

AL_Mk1 said

While a tracker could potentially track your speed, it can't take take your pic to prove you were driving like a speed camera can…  :wink:

Shhhh, keep that quiet, else they'll introduce miniture cameras into the system as well if they think you've spotted a loophole!  

AL_Mk1 said

a1_16v_cab said

750,000 signatures are required to stop them introducing it.

It doesn't matter if you get 75 million signatures, if they want to introduce it, they will…

Bloody Labour.  Just seen on the news that even though there were a million signatures, they're now going to push ahead with it.

When is the next general election?

Any tracking device fitted to my car is going to find itself impaled by a screwdriver and filled with water.

(that'll probably happen by accident anyway, while I'm doing an oil change. I'm not a very good mechanic.)