'Pay as you go' car tax

The information below was sent to me via email this morning so I thought I'd spread the word here as well as forwarding it to all my email contacts.

It affects all of us that use cars so I recommend that you at least click on the link to verify the authenticity - or potentially face horrendous bills for driving your car each month!

The deadline is 20th February.

The government's proposal to introduce road pricing will mean you would have to purchase a tracking device for your car and pay 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, you can probably expect a Notice of Intended Prosecution for speeding with your monthly bill.

This is on 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.

Apparently 750,000 signatures are required to stop them introducing this tax and there are about 700,000 signatures now.

If you care about this, please sign the petition on No 10's new website and pass this information on to as many people as possible

There are many other petitions that you may be interested in so have a browse and have your voice heard by signing up to those you feel strongly enough about.