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Motorists should be asked to pay to drive on the nation's road network, a report commissioned by the government has recommended. This from the people spending as little money as possible on roads, and deliberately creating congestion by means of road narrowing, bus lanes, and closing off side roads.
How will work? You will 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 Mum 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 care about our freedom and stopping the constant bashing of the car driver, please sign the petition on No 10's new website and tell as many people as possible. Further reading BBC overview of road charging with official document links http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6160877.stm General reading http://www.abd.org.uk/road_user_charging.htm
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