HERES HOW GOVERNMENT IS GONNA ROB US NEXT !!!!!!!!

The government's proposal to introduce road pricing will mean you having to

purchase a tracking device for your car/bike 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 driver/rider, please sign the petition on No 10's new website.

Please pass this on to anyone who owns a car/motorcycle. It affects them

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax/

I believe "PART" of the Government's idea is for people to travel outside of the normal 6am to 10pm period. I notice lorries are charged only £1-00 toll at night and £3.80 during the day, at the Dartford Toll Tunnel/ QE 11 Bridge (M25).
Another "PART" is to get people to drive cars that are not giving out so much filth and dirt from their exhausts. City centres have plans to charge a £15-00 daily congestion charge ( Central London Congestion Zone ) for Chelsea Tractors etc.,

So basically, if I don't travel in the peak hours and have a gas converted vehicle; Then my charges will be low.
So it's personal choice here: Do I dump my diesels and change the hours I travel and pay low charges or carry on as I am and pay high charges.

I've driven well over 1 million miles in my life and obtained just one endorsement on my driving license, that was in 1969. I did get off one speeding offence and going into a no entry at Trafalgar Square.

If I can adapt to all these changes then I'm sure everyone else can.

if its not fuel tax.... its tax at airports...

RicKT

im dont get ya......... it is .... Chat - Talk about Anything Room ....

Cheers

RicKT

I wrote a long reply over the weekend to this, and my puter did the dirty. Not doing it again, so in essence.

hype hype hype. The gov't are going to do something but until I see exactly what it is and how we will pay I am not going to comment.. [much :p].

There is an amount of speculation IMHO.

I say this as no-one puts up with traffic queues because they like it. We do it because we all have to be at work/school etc. at similar times. Encourage companies to stagger this (reward from government) and we can make a big difference to congestion.

However much easier (and favourable to line pockets :zx11:) to just ask the motorist for some more money on the back of the environment issue.