Petition against Vehicle Tracking - PLEASE SIGN

Econ · Post by **Econ** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:10 am

Big Brother is set to watch you even closer!

This is not the usual Support email but the topic is going to affect every one of us in one way or another, and most of us directly, so please take the time to read it and go online to sign 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

duncan · Post by **duncan** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:18 am

sleepyhead · Post by **sleepyhead** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:20 am

Utter cack idea.

I'd rather watch Celeb BB than approve of this.... :x

andycaca · Post by **andycaca** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:28 am

anyone else scanning the list of names for those they recognise?

Post by **Ben** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 12:04 pm

This doesn't seem realistic - is it not being muddled with NU's Pay as you drive ? ... I don't think the government have the resources to be able to record the information from the millions of cars in the UK!.

Pay-as-you-drive is a great idea - people should only use it if it benefits them - i.e. someone who only drives a few miles a week. Myself I drive about 100 miles a month however my car is not a type that NU insure.

Econ · Post by **Econ** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 1:49 pm

No this is separate from the NU Scheme. The plan with this one is to scrap things like fuel duty and road tax and roll out this think i heard the plan was to start around 2012 or something like that. It is a long way from happening but if they start investing money in to the idea then it won

Econ · Post by **Econ** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 1:53 pm

Heres a few things i found on Piston Heads about it. but they have loads more information regarding it just do a search on road charging.

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/news/defau ... ryId=15630
http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/rants/Defa ... ryId=10869
http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/news/defau ... ryId=15539