WHETHER YOU DRIVE A CAR OR NOT, PLEASE READ -
Sarah Kennedy was talking about this proposed car tax scheme on
Radio 2.
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 and 750,000 signatures are required for the government to
at
least take any notice.
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 £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 are concerned about this Orwellian plan and want to stop 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. Sign up
if you
value your freedom and democratic rights -
petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax
PLEASE SPREAD THIS TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.