cortinadale
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luvvly jubbly!!!!
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sorry if this has been put on before but its important that this dosent happen!!! petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax/The government's proposal to introduce road pricing will mean you having to purchase 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 in time you can probably expect a Notice of Intended Prosecution with your monthly bill. If you care about our freedom and stopping 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. |
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We learned from an early age that...people who change signatures suck balls ;-)
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Jan 13, 2007 10:54:07 GMT
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I've put my name to that one already, think it was in somebody's forum sig.
There was something about it on the news yesterday, apparently it's the most-signed petition on there....the 2nd place one is calling for the repeal of the anti-Hunt bill with about 20,000 signatures, the stop the traveltax one's running at about 1/4 million signatures.
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425ci
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Jan 13, 2007 11:28:04 GMT
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I can't see this one actually happening. I know most of the UK population likes to be trodden on by the government without complaint, but I think this one may wake everyone up.
Can you really imagine people volunteering to pay the government to have one of its spying devices in their car, then paying further amounts to the government when it sends them a bill telling them where they've been over the previous month?
I'm not sure about any of you, but there won't be anything like that on any of my cars. If it turns out that they are to be fitted by someone else to MY car then the first thing that will be happening will be that it comes straight off and gets beaten flat with my lump hammer.
Also, third party signal-jammers spring to mind. It won't take too much to make this nonsense unworkable.
Mike
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Current vehicle: Mountfield Mirage 3.5hp (18" cut)
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qwerty
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Jan 13, 2007 11:30:19 GMT
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I've signed up was nearly 330,000 people had signed it when I did.
Yeah I agree with 425ci. Its madness and will be unworkable. If not i'm moving country!! I'm thinking either USA or OZ!!
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Jan 13, 2007 11:36:14 GMT
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I'm not sure about any of you, but there won't be anything like that on any of my cars. If it turns out that they are to be fitted by someone else to MY car then the first thing that will be happening will be that it comes straight off and gets beaten flat with my lump hammer. Also, third party signal-jammers spring to mind. It won't take too much to make this nonsense unworkable. Mike the hammer idea was trademark registered by me when i first read norwich union trialling/researching this idea, 2 years ago! the other one is a brilliant idea, and one that must be worked into devices such as stereos and mobiles and stuff so that it is totally legal to block the signal  |
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425ci
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Jan 13, 2007 12:17:43 GMT
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Do I have to pay you royalties when I flatten my spying device?
Mike
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Current vehicle: Mountfield Mirage 3.5hp (18" cut)
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Jan 13, 2007 12:54:26 GMT
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Thanks for bringing it back to our attention. It really does spell bad news IMO bad for our competition in the world due to cost of running a business, and an end to our freedom as we know it, looking for cameras is one thing but being tracked and recorded all the time sucks, we wont take this lying down. I'll march or block the roads etc if I have to, or/and disappear abroad!
It lived in my signature for a while, had a break from it.
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 it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts  |
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Jan 13, 2007 13:22:03 GMT
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ill be migrating to malta and taking the fiesta with me  the'll never pull it off as long as we all stick together and refuse are they gonna give the whole country a criminal record  |
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Hirst
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This avatar is inaccurate, I've never shaved that closely
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Jan 13, 2007 13:42:16 GMT
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335000 signatures now!! Crikey. When you think how many population there is who use the Internet regularly and how many will have heard of the petition, that really puts into perspective how universally-hated this idea is.
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Jan 13, 2007 18:05:50 GMT
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I'm more interested in the petition on there to get Tony Blair to stand on his head and juggle ice cream. Anyone signed that one?
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Jan 13, 2007 18:18:21 GMT
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I did hear a long time ago that Singapore had a road pricing car tracking scheme. Every month, every motorist got an itemised bill for all their travel, listing every road with a date and time.
It didn't even last six months. All the politician's wives started opening the mail, and realising that a lot of their husband's business meetings were being held in tourist resorts and red-light districts ;D
Graham
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I`ll attach mine to the back of a large snail, and get a bill for travelling about 3 ft in 1 month.
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Do I have to pay you royalties when I flatten my spying device? Mike currently, yes however i'll be having a sale when these boxes come out |
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Jan 14, 2007 17:01:16 GMT
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Everyone signed this yet?
and get all your petrolhead friends to do it as well.
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Jan 15, 2007 10:28:46 GMT
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You have to remember that the BBC study was carried out based on "estimates" and "our best information we have got from government statements and leaks"
I took part in the study, I would actually save money even based on the fact I used my 1965 Oldsmobile as my daily drivcer at the time which is already tax free and does 13-14 MPG. I commute 5 miles each way at peak hours. I notice they don't quote my figures...
What does bug me is that Nottingham is still active trying to impose a £5 per day "congestion charge" for people who work in the city. People who shop or socialise in the city will not be charged. Nice.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Jan 15, 2007 11:18:30 GMT
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Apparently the local news said that Sheffield City Council have decided to go for congestion charging this morning. I can't find any mention of it anywhere at the moment though.
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Jan 15, 2007 12:48:01 GMT
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in 1956 France applied to become part of the UK. You don't get to hear about everything and then its a sod to find the details later.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Jan 15, 2007 12:58:24 GMT
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listening to radio 2 today dude?
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Jan 15, 2007 13:07:07 GMT
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Radio 4. Missed the detail but caught the headline.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Nathan
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Jan 15, 2007 13:10:54 GMT
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What about company car drivers
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