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  • Jay
    S2Forum Maniac
    • Jul 2004
    • 599

    #1

    Stop this NOW!

    PLEASE PASS THIS ON THIEVING *******S

    ">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
    >

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  • S2 PTH
    S2Forum Addict
    • Dec 2005
    • 421
    • Home: Wales Current: United Kingdom

    #2
    Signed. I have access to 240 email adds in our Uni ski club and 160 email adds on Automotive & Aeronautical engineering course- who technically should all sign it! I plan to exploit them!

    _phil
    ...ever since I floored you I knew that I loved you!

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    • Greg_S
      Administrator
      • Jul 2003
      • 12430
      • Country: United Kingdom

      #3
      apparently there are over 1 million sigs now, 92000 registered on there last wednesday so quite a few people opposing it now
      Greg

      S2Forum.com Administrator & Webmaster

      '93 Coupe with a few tweeks

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      • topsparky
        S2Forum Fiend
        • Oct 2005
        • 2014
        • Country: United Kingdom

        #4
        already done it
        1. SHORT SHIFT KIT
        2. PORSCHE CAYENNE CALIPERS
        3. H & R SPRINGS
        4. BILSTEIN SHOXS
        5. NEW BUSHES AND HP2 STRUTS
        6. UPRATED HIGH OUTPUT COIL PACK
        7. ,3" turbo back s/s/ exhaust
        8. fmic fitted

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        • Graham
          S2Forum Extremist
          • Jul 2003
          • 1622
          • Home: United Kingdom Current: Australia

          #5
          Hell i'll oppose it and i dont even live there but still have a UK address.
          Graham
          Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.--:Albert Einstein

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          • Graham
            S2Forum Extremist
            • Jul 2003
            • 1622
            • Home: United Kingdom Current: Australia

            #6
            put a post in the AD MAG--everybody reads that and its free
            Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.--:Albert Einstein

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            • CHEN
              S2Forum Addict
              • Mar 2004
              • 329
              • Country: England

              #7
              Just signed up we have 9 days left. Lets hope it works

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              • A1quattro
                S2Forum Maniac
                • Jul 2006
                • 789
                • Country: United Kingdom

                #8
                spread the word!

                singed , plus Ive just e-mailed two motor clubs ,every one should try to e-mail at last 2 people

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                • Keeper of The Kitten
                  S2Forum Fiend
                  • Dec 2003
                  • 2317
                  • Country: England

                  #9
                  I signed a few weeks ago - this is easily the biggest petition that the government has received via this online system ...but according to the news last night (and you won't be surprised to hear this) the petition could have little or no effect on policy!

                  Time to regain the moral high ground from the eco-liars...

                  __MDC__
                  Martin Cutting

                  aka Keeper of "The Teutonic Kitten"

                  It's not better than sex, but it runs it a close second.

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                  • GirlRacer
                    S2Forum Maniac
                    • Sep 2005
                    • 747
                    • Country: United Kingdom

                    #10
                    Hiya
                    signed this ages ago

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                    • topsparky
                      S2Forum Fiend
                      • Oct 2005
                      • 2014
                      • Country: United Kingdom

                      #11
                      just had an email back
                      it's an on going debate is the long and short of it
                      1. SHORT SHIFT KIT
                      2. PORSCHE CAYENNE CALIPERS
                      3. H & R SPRINGS
                      4. BILSTEIN SHOXS
                      5. NEW BUSHES AND HP2 STRUTS
                      6. UPRATED HIGH OUTPUT COIL PACK
                      7. ,3" turbo back s/s/ exhaust
                      8. fmic fitted

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                      • GirlRacer
                        S2Forum Maniac
                        • Sep 2005
                        • 747
                        • Country: United Kingdom

                        #12
                        Just printed email off, 5 pages of it.
                        Gonna sit n have a coffee n read what it says.
                        (if a can make sense of it all that it )

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                        • HPmuirt
                          S2Forum April Fool
                          • Apr 2005
                          • 3014
                          • Home: United Kingdom Current: England

                          #13
                          didn't get mine

                          Although I only want it to find out the sending email addy :mischeif:

                          Cheers n

                          Si
                          95 ABY S2 Coupe - Ragusa Green
                          Subtle mods here and there


                          2011 A5 3.0 TDi - Lava Grey
                          With every option available (except a towball)

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                          • PeteRR
                            S2Forum Extremist
                            • Jun 2004
                            • 1326
                            • Country: United Kingdom

                            #14
                            This proposed policy alone won't have any significant effect on 'conjestion'. They seem to think we just drive around all day for the hell of it. (well ok, sometimes we do!:mischeif: ) But it's more often the case that we actually have to get somewhere...and on time usually helps too.
                            The public transport struggles to cope as it is, never mind if even a third of all motorists suddenly decided to use it at the same time. Not to mention the cost, extra time and inconvience of it.

                            All it's going to do is make life harder and more expensive for the likes of you and I. And it's all dressed up as a 'eco' policy. Knobs.

                            Rant over.

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                            • Ian Simmonds
                              S2Forum Fiend
                              • Jun 2005
                              • 2858
                              • Country: United Kingdom

                              #15
                              Ironically the railways are already struggling with the increased passenger numbers, especially (but not exclusively) during the morning and evening peaks. The current infrastructure is regularly run at 100% capacity for track access and there is no, or very little scope for train length extensions.

                              Put simply, if you chuck them off the roads and on to trains, the system will, without a shadow of doubt, not cope, unless massive investment is converted into meaningful upgrades very quickly.

                              This is why peak price tickets have seen such a price hike in the last 6 months.
                              85 WR Urquattro, 85 20vT International liveried RallyRep
                              93 MTMS2 Avant

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