Road Tax / Tracking Pertition

***Mr D*** · 09-01-2007, 00:40

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 Mum 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/

Deadline to sign up by: 20 February 2007 –

Ianto.W. · 09-01-2007, 01:27

Is this going to replace the existing yearly/six monthly system in place at present?, pay as you use as is proposed by insurance companies, who only insure motor cars, as it is part and parcel of being in insurance and they have to do it. As for mothers taking children to school in cars, in some instance as in rural areas it is justified but by and large is a status thing (Chelsea Taxis) and the like, less privelaged children manage very well without this service, in these days of under use of motor car capacity IE one in a car, has not somthing to be done? (Not my opinion just food for thought.) Not now being a car owner i'm not really in a position to have an opinion.

entwisi · 09-01-2007, 08:37

source of teh 'proposal' please????

Its been bandied by journos for ages(sells newspapers), As far as I know, there are no plans to do this in the near future (as in 5-10 years)

***Mr D*** · 09-01-2007, 09:56

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Originally Posted by entwisi

source of teh 'proposal' please????

Its been bandied by journos for ages(sells newspapers), As far as I know, there are no plans to do this in the near future (as in 5-10 years)

I got the info from another Forum.

panther · 09-01-2007, 10:52

they know where they can shove that! its expensive enough running a car without putting that on us!

entwisi · 09-01-2007, 11:32

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Originally Posted by ***Mr D***

I got the info from another Forum.

always worth checking sources before passing information onwards.

lancsdave · 09-01-2007, 11:36

I remember watching the tests on the news so the source is the BBC.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6158060.stm

***Mr D*** · 09-01-2007, 11:40

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Originally Posted by entwisi

always worth checking sources before passing information onwards.

Im too lazy for that.

Looked like it was qenuine though on the Nu 10 Website.

entwisi · 09-01-2007, 11:52

so it was a BBC experiment based on some wooley info given out in a goverment "We are thinking about someting like this" type memo.

Not exactly fair, accurate or even timely.

AccyAlec · 10-01-2007, 02:46

Well if it's genuine or not i've signed it as people on the road are paying too much money to drive anyway. I wounder if the PM would pay the 'traviling' cost!

"Thank you, you're now signed up to this petition!"

Alec