The below is legit - I've signed up myself.
Phil.
> >
> > This is genuine. Help if you can!
>
> >
> > Sorry to bother you with this but I am passing it on to as many
> > email
>addresses as possible as the government are keeping quiet about it and
>it affects us all if you have a car.
> >
> > On the radio recently they were talking about this proposed car tax
>scheme, 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 the radio broadcast only
>250,000 people had signed it and 750,000 signatures are required to
>stop them introducing it.
> >
> > This is legit... from the 10 Downing Street's website.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Democracy in action?
> >
> > 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 would have to pay £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 care about our freedom and stopping 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.
> >
> >
> > http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax/
><http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax/>
> >
> >
> >
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