Apparently the government are trying to introduce a tracking device to all cars so that we may be taxed for our monthly mileage. The trackers cost around £200 (that you will have to buy) and you will get a monthly bill based on your mileage. Also with your whereabouts being tracked at all times, if you go over the speed limit expect a speeding fine with your monthly bill. To stop this please put the following web page into your address bar and sign the online petition. Thank You
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax/
Tell your friends, forward it to everybody and anybody.
2007-02-09 05:41:23 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ Other - Taxes
It is a stealth tax in the way that it is going to be introduced. The reason why nobody has heard of it because its introduction has been through the back door.
2007-02-09 07:14:34 · update #1
jay duh....
the UK motorists pays an extortionae amount of tax to the government. until recently there was a specific tax on cars which was supposedly hypothecated for road maintenance & building. it was called the Road Fund Licensce... around £160 per year.. these days the governemnt is slightly less dishonest.. it now calls it Vehicle Excise Duty. even the meagre amount the government passes onto local authoprities who do the maintnenance gets syphoned off into other vitally important areas like caring for refugees, social services, council pensions and the like
.... somewhere between 5& 10% of a new cars purchase price, plus sales tax 17.5% on any sale of cars, fuel or whatever
the uk motorist pays a whopping amout of tax on fuel
UK fuel is around 85 p per litre at present.... thats
£3.86 per gallon..... converted to US frame of reference $7.56 per Gallon, or around $9.20 per US gallon. start calculating you mileage and fuel consumption on those sort of prices and you will see why there is concern over this issue.
As regards survellance.. already most major UK roads have a camera / computer number plate recognition system that works in real time.. pop a number on the search list and if that vehicle is on a major trunk road (motorway or A Road) then it will be spotted....... but adding a GPS tracker.. (which I suspect has more to do with how the EU is going to fund its palinly barking Gallileo Satellite system) means that the governemtn has the ability in real time to knwo where vehicles are.. the technology alredy exists, with many commercail operators haveing real time satellite navigation so they know ehre there fleet are, or know if their fleet is being diverted from its planned or projected route.
2007-02-09 05:59:43 · answer #1 · answered by Mark J 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Insanity increases as the intensity of the prayer does. I have always heard that prayers are quantitative, because some religions require a certain amount of prayers a day. So really what's the point of putting all your energy in it if all God wants is a fixed number of prayers? He sure does know all, He even knows how to make the world a prefect place without pain, death, war, or sorrow, yet he won't allow it why? A big test? I see, that makes sense. Multi-tasking has to work, it is you saying the prayer, and as it comes through the speaker of your recorder or in your head, it's the same thing right. God hears all, no matter if it's in your head or not. So really why make your thoughts into prayers, he hears the thoughts before the prayer, and because he's all-knowing he knows you are going to say every prayer before you even do, so what's the point of saying them. And he doesn't even answer every time....oh I'm sorry, he answers on his own time, maybe every prayer should be more specific in the time you want it, if you want your mom to be cured from cancer it would help if he cured it BEFORE she died, intead of on his own time. Well if you're grateful for the death that God allowed then go ahead say your prayer if it makes you feel better. P.S. There is no difference between begging and praying, you are asking for something you want many time over for something you most likey won't recieve anyways.
2016-05-24 01:47:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
vote for the bnp, and get all the cars of the road that are paid for on hp and finance. even that toll in the midlands is criminal. and are government are pathetic at solutions to problems, and get out of bushes **** you weak fool Blair.like they say a thief wont pay a fine hes not bothered. theres no escape for the working person so target them they will pay in the long run. stop celebrating bonfire night,because guy Fawkes was trying to do what you want to do now.
2007-02-09 07:12:24 · answer #3 · answered by clare p 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This damn government is taking the piss. Every freaking day there is a new tax.
Why hasn't this made the headlines ... or have I missed it while trying to keep up with the mountain of other taxes.
Wankers!!!
2007-02-09 06:23:14 · answer #4 · answered by Foxxy 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I have already signed this petition!
If this government gets any more stupid ........... no I can't say that...........they already are stupid!
Let people keep their money to enjoy their lives, not tax them up to the hilt. and beyond!
People need respect and this government forgets that!
2007-02-09 07:52:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't like in the UK, but I fail to see why this "stealth." It's rather clear that you need to pay the £200 and the per mile charge. What's stealth about that?
Now, if you take issue with having to pay to use your car, that's another story. I don't know about how things work there, but over here we have toll roads. We have to pay tax on our gasoline (petrol). We have to pay local, state, and federal taxes that go to roads. In other words, someone needs to pay for the roads. And, duh, it's the people that use them. The UK's method, charging per mile, sees much farer than charging people, in taxes, who don't even have cars.
I agree with you on the privacy issue. Hopefully there will be controls in place such that the information collected cannot be used, even with court order, for any purpose other than billings.
2007-02-09 05:50:46 · answer #6 · answered by Jay 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Sounds like a fair way to pay tax.
The more you use a service, the more you pay.
No stealth about it.
2007-02-09 06:43:44 · answer #7 · answered by David P 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
PEOPLE stand up and fight this damned government! All they want is our hard earnt money.
REVOLUTION!!!!!
- I have gladly signed the petition
2007-02-09 05:57:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
DONE!!
DAVID P , SEEING AS YOU AGREE TO PAY FOR A SERVICE HOW ABOUT YOU PAYING £ 200 TO PAY FOR THIS YES AND KNOW QUESTIONAIRE FROM YAHOO. SEEMS FAIR !!!!!
2007-02-09 05:45:01 · answer #9 · answered by katrinasfather 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Done it too.
2007-02-09 05:49:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋