Pledge “no2roadcharging”
"I will write to my MP requesting they oppose road charging. but only if 400 other UK citizens will do the same."
— Steve Goodman
Deadline to sign up by: 11th July 2005
153 people signed up, 247 more were needed
Country: United Kingdom
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I oppose road charging because I believe it will
* Not work
* Eliminate our privacy
* Erode our freedom to make our own choices
* Make big business more money from supplying expensive, over complicated, and over budget IT systems
* Cause normally law-abiding people to want to break the law
* Not improve the lives of the people of the UK
Basically, I think the idea of road charging, via installing GPS-based tracking systems into cars is wrong.
I don't want the car I buy in 10 years time to have a GPS tracker device on it that tells the goverment where I am, what speed I'm doing and deciding how much I should pay simply to go to work in the morning.
I don't need the worry of accidentally going 72 miles per hour on the motorway when it's clear and getting 3 points on my licence and a fine. I'm a human being who can make up their own mind.
I don't trust the goverment to implement the charging fairly (I don't think as some roads become less congested they will lower prices accordingly, which will eventually lead to everywhere being expensive).
I don't think that it can be implemented without wasting lots and lots of tax-payers money. I've already seen public sector IT consultancies getting exited and I know why - it's going to make them billions.
I don't think the government understand the people of the UK, and realise we depend on cheap, reliable transport to fit everything into our busy lives.
I don't believe it's fair for the goverment to increase the cost of the automobile to make public transport seem cheaper.
I do believe the only way to reduce congestion in the UK is to improve public transport and dramatically lower it's cost.
If you agree with me please sign this pledge.
