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If you drive a car, please read -Sarah Kennedy was talking about this

>If you drive a car, 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 goverment 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 -http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax