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diasporal_waves's lj and a few others in various different formats. Apologies if you've seen this already.
ATTENTION CAR DRIVERS
There is an online petition on the Downing Street website against the proposed Pay As You Go road tax scheme. The deadline for signing is 20th February.
If you are against the proposed 'Pay As You Go' scheme, go to this site; http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax
Once you've given your details (a valid email address, your house number and postcode), they will send you an email with a link in it. Click on that link and you'll have signed the petition.
The actual petition reads;
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Scrap the planned vehicle tracking and road pricing policy. The idea of tracking every vehicle at all times is sinister and wrong. Road pricing is already here with the high level of taxation on fuel. The more you travel - the more tax you pay.
It will be an unfair tax on those who live apart from families and poorer people who will not be able to afford the high monthly costs.
Please Mr Blair - forget about road pricing and concentrate on improving our roads to reduce congestion.
Peter Roberts - Petition Creator
Having personally visited the site, it DOES have to be said that this is NOT a government endorsed petition, it is merely hosted on the Downing Street website and signing it is the same as signing a paper petition which is then delivered to Downing Street. Anyone is able to create a petition there (and if you look through the rejected petitions, you'll see some rather amusing ones regarding mice and unicycles).
The government are under no obligation to look at or act upon it but it is, at least, phsyically there in front of them.
I would also add that by writing down your email address, house number and postcode, the writer of the petition is able to contact you at your own address so be aware of this. Only sign if you are comfortable releasing your personal details to some-one you don't know.
I, personally, will not be signing it as I don't feel comfortable passing on my personal details. However, I have privacy issues. Also, I'm not sure from looking at it why you then have to click on a link sent to you via email. It seems a little dubious to me.
Additionally, this information has being going through the rounds on email and should you wish to take a look here,mrmmarc makes some very interesting comments regarding the email and or subsequent lj entries taken from it.
The choice is yours but be aware!
I have an increasing suspicion that this is 'a bit dodgy'.
I've seen this on
diasporal_waves's lj and a few others in various different formats. Apologies if you've seen this already.ATTENTION CAR DRIVERS
There is an online petition on the Downing Street website against the proposed Pay As You Go road tax scheme. The deadline for signing is 20th February.
If you are against the proposed 'Pay As You Go' scheme, go to this site; http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax
Once you've given your details (a valid email address, your house number and postcode), they will send you an email with a link in it. Click on that link and you'll have signed the petition.
The actual petition reads;
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Scrap the planned vehicle tracking and road pricing policy. The idea of tracking every vehicle at all times is sinister and wrong. Road pricing is already here with the high level of taxation on fuel. The more you travel - the more tax you pay.
It will be an unfair tax on those who live apart from families and poorer people who will not be able to afford the high monthly costs.
Please Mr Blair - forget about road pricing and concentrate on improving our roads to reduce congestion.
Peter Roberts - Petition Creator
Having personally visited the site, it DOES have to be said that this is NOT a government endorsed petition, it is merely hosted on the Downing Street website and signing it is the same as signing a paper petition which is then delivered to Downing Street. Anyone is able to create a petition there (and if you look through the rejected petitions, you'll see some rather amusing ones regarding mice and unicycles).
The government are under no obligation to look at or act upon it but it is, at least, phsyically there in front of them.
I would also add that by writing down your email address, house number and postcode, the writer of the petition is able to contact you at your own address so be aware of this. Only sign if you are comfortable releasing your personal details to some-one you don't know.
I, personally, will not be signing it as I don't feel comfortable passing on my personal details. However, I have privacy issues. Also, I'm not sure from looking at it why you then have to click on a link sent to you via email. It seems a little dubious to me.
Additionally, this information has being going through the rounds on email and should you wish to take a look here,
mrmmarc makes some very interesting comments regarding the email and or subsequent lj entries taken from it. I have an increasing suspicion that this is 'a bit dodgy'.
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