[Gllug] Fighting a virus

[Chris Bell]

Hello,
   I have received the following forwarded message:

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 government 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



   I have just checked, and the total is now 1506620, so more names have
been added.

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Chris Bell

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