please sign for your own sake (UK PEOPLE ONLY)

[mannos]

>>>> > 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 you can expect a NIP with your
>>>>monthly bill.
>>>>
>>>> > If you care about our freedoms and stopping the constant bashing of
>>>>the car driver, please sign the petition on No 10's new website.
>>>>
>>>> > http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax/
>>>>
>>>> > Please pass this on to anyone who owns a car/motorcycle. It affects
>>>>them.

[Henry]

wow thats fucked up..
im not from uk though.

[snap]

one and a half million signatures... christ.
and 86 quid a month for a non working mum..jesus. its practically pointless, too.

[Rai]

that's fucking insane

[Spikee]

heh i remember that report, it'll never happen...if it does it will be a fair few years until its introduced, for example we are closer to having congestion charges in manchester than having these tracking devices yet the soonest they could be implemented is 2013 dont need to worry just yet

[Dale]

If it was imminent. It would headline the news everyday, and it doesn't so ya

[Ben]

i signedw

[Neiromaru]

damn, if they let non-UK residents sign, i would. just because it's complete bullshit, hopefully enough people in high places will realize this, and stop it before there's any chance of it getting passed into law.

[dragoneye]

They are planning something kinda like this in Finland.
The pollution rates for each car(model) will be calculated/whatever and a tax will be made from that. That would encourage car manufacturers to make cars that use less fuel ==> less pollution from cars overall. Except Finland's not big enough to affect anything by itself ^^

[Ben]

I didnt sign it :S why didi say i have haha
I will do now though its so fked up that it wont help anything. If you aint form UK still sign it ^.^