Road Tranport Bill - road pricing
Discussion
This subject has been covered in the General Gassing area, but I haven't seen it in the regional thread, so for anyone who hasn't clocked this one, it's important.
Whether it will make a difference or not, I know not, but this strikes me as a really good one to sign up to now, and it is on No 10’s website:
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax/
The government's proposal under the Road Transport Bill to introduce road pricing will mean having to purchase a tracking device and paying a monthly bill to use it. The tracking device will cost about £200. In a recent study by the BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6160174
the lowest monthly bill for a rural florist would have been £28 and for a delivery driver £194 and £86 for a non working mum who used the car to take the kids to school. On top of this, you will be tracked. So potentially somebody will know where you are, and how fast you have been going. As well as paying exorbitantly for using the road, it does not take much of a leap of imagination to expect a little financial and points addition to the monthly bill if you creep over a speed limit....
Please sign the petition and pass the link on to anyone else you know who owns a car/motorcycle.
MG Mark
Whether it will make a difference or not, I know not, but this strikes me as a really good one to sign up to now, and it is on No 10’s website:
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax/
The government's proposal under the Road Transport Bill to introduce road pricing will mean having to purchase a tracking device and paying a monthly bill to use it. The tracking device will cost about £200. In a recent study by the BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6160174
the lowest monthly bill for a rural florist would have been £28 and for a delivery driver £194 and £86 for a non working mum who used the car to take the kids to school. On top of this, you will be tracked. So potentially somebody will know where you are, and how fast you have been going. As well as paying exorbitantly for using the road, it does not take much of a leap of imagination to expect a little financial and points addition to the monthly bill if you creep over a speed limit....
Please sign the petition and pass the link on to anyone else you know who owns a car/motorcycle.
MG Mark
I could remove the tracking device and put it on my neighbour's bicycle...
Road pricing, BTW, is the real reason why we're all being gradually forced to switch to digital TV and radio - HM Govt needs the frequencies. So when you see a road pricing 'pilot' or 'consultation', don't be deceived, it's going to happen. Unless there's a poll-tax-style revolution of course, but we'll probably take it up the arse as usual...
Road pricing, BTW, is the real reason why we're all being gradually forced to switch to digital TV and radio - HM Govt needs the frequencies. So when you see a road pricing 'pilot' or 'consultation', don't be deceived, it's going to happen. Unless there's a poll-tax-style revolution of course, but we'll probably take it up the arse as usual...
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