Road Pricing Scheme

I've put this here rather than chit chat because most folks read this forum. I think that this is going to affect all of us who travel every week to compete with our dogs.

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 -

sign the petition

Yes Beejay everyone who drives ought to sign this, not that it will make much differance though. As with most things this goverment will thow you to the floor put its foot on you neck and force it down your throat.

We are battling like hell in Yorkshire to stop the fluoridation of our drinking water, among other things it's is medicaly proven to increase bone fractures in older people (and possibly whippets) and this goverment are pulling every trick in the book to make sure they get their way. Vote the B******* out at the next election.

Paul

Blimey I thought that everyone had fluoride in their water. Well unless they are like me and get theirs from a stream/spring.

I too thought that it was considered not a sensible thing to do to water. Maybe teeth and dental bills win over bones and surgery.

Ive Bumped this up so more of us see it . and sign , Dog showing is expensive enough as it is :rant: