carlgeldard
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| posted on 11/1/07 at 04:55 PM |
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Important!
Important!
Pass it on. It only takes a minute.
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.
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TimC
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| posted on 11/1/07 at 05:15 PM |
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If that happens, that'll be it - I'll be outa here. Canada/NZ wherever!
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Tinks
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| posted on 11/1/07 at 05:18 PM |
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Me too this Country is down the pan ... and fast ........ Lived in the States for 2 years WHY did I come back?
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jos
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| posted on 11/1/07 at 05:31 PM |
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signed!!!!!
.: Motorsport / motor racing circuit / track wall art Apex Traxs :.
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Marlon
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| posted on 11/1/07 at 05:34 PM |
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signed for me & swmbo though she doesn't know it yet!!
Band Anyone?
Linky to SWMBO 's band
Linky to Brother in laws band
MKoc 1081
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Peteff
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| posted on 11/1/07 at 05:59 PM |
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Like that's ever going to happen.
Keep an eye on your inbox spam now you've signed it.
I'm going to pay £200 I probably can't afford for something I don't want and then a monthly payment on top to keep using it so
someone can violate my right to privacy. That's bullpoop of a completely new order, who thought it up?
[Edited on 11/1/07 by Peteff]
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Mike S
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| posted on 11/1/07 at 06:00 PM |
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I don't disagree, but I think they are playing a psycological game with this.
Get everyone steamed up about road charging and 2 hundred quid for the tracker. Then they "give in" and stick a load more on fuel or
something, and everyone goes "thank god for that".
It the same old game they play leaking a paper that say, pushes for a tax rise of 20%. They then come out saying they are bowing to pressure and only
(ONLY) going to put it up 10%. And they think we will be happy.
When you think of the tax you pay when you earn your wages and then add up the tax you pay on purchases you make (particularly when it comes to cars
and fuel) the pound you earn can only be worth about 20p in reality!
Really p****s you off.
Mike
There are more horses' asses in this world than there are horses
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Catpuss
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| posted on 11/1/07 at 06:12 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mike S
I don't disagree, but I think they are playing a psycological game with this.
Get everyone steamed up about road charging and 2 hundred quid for the tracker. Then they "give in" and stick a load more on fuel or
something, and everyone goes "thank god for that".
It the same old game they play leaking a paper that say, pushes for a tax rise of 20%. They then come out saying they are bowing to pressure and only
(ONLY) going to put it up 10%. And they think we will be happy.
When you think of the tax you pay when you earn your wages and then add up the tax you pay on purchases you make (particularly when it comes to cars
and fuel) the pound you earn can only be worth about 20p in reality!
Really p****s you off.
Mike
The "leak" to the papers is the fishing expedition to gauge public response but stilll with plausible deniability.
The 20% -> 10% is what standard negotiation practice has used ever since. See the film "A Beutiful Mind" IIRC for how it was developed
into the mathmatical theory of today.
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JUD
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| posted on 11/1/07 at 06:15 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mike S
Get everyone steamed up about road charging and 2 hundred quid for the tracker. Then they "give in" and stick a load more on fuel or
something, and everyone goes "thank god for that".
It the same old game they play leaking a paper that say, pushes for a tax rise of 20%. They then come out saying they are bowing to pressure and only
(ONLY) going to put it up 10%. And they think we will be happy.
Yup - I reckon you're right there. Give the government's ability to cock up IT programs the likelihood of them sorting this in the near
future is quite remote, so a touch of scare mongering followed by only a "slight hike" in fuel tax or road tax and we all breath a sigh of
relief - when actually we have been butt-f@cked yet again!
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MK Indy Blade
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Macbeast
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| posted on 11/1/07 at 06:31 PM |
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Signed 
Damn!! Now he knows where I live !!
Excuse me, there's someone at the door....
[Edited on 11/1/07 by Macbeast]
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the_fbi
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| posted on 11/1/07 at 06:39 PM |
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Has the search engine stopped working on here, or do people just like seeing the same threads over and over again a day or 2 apart?
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JoelP
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| posted on 11/1/07 at 09:14 PM |
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rather than all of us vacating the country, why dont we just send the government off to a remote island instead?! 
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MattCraneCustoms
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| posted on 11/1/07 at 10:48 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
rather than all of us vacating the country, why dont we just send the government off to a remote island instead?!
I fully agree to that. I'm already a "libertarian anarchist;" If they fit these things to cars, we'll find a way round it,
like with every thing else. To every problem theres a solution - Speed cameras - Laser and Photo Jammers. Goverment black box - hammer . . . .
Regards
Matt
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