Vehcile Tracking & cost per Mile Tax

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 1:28 pm

There are lies, damn lies and then there are statistics!

mr_e · Post by **mr_e** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 5:07 pm

Mike wrote:I saw an advert on a billboard saying 'Stop Moaning - Its only £5 per day!' I don't know if they are talking about it as a joke or if they are serious!

You need to read the rest of the advert to understand the point they're making. It's actually an anti congestion charge ad, pointing you to a website. The full text reads something like: Stop moaning - it's only £5 a day! / Congestion charges - keeping the roads free for the rich / Make yourself heard at [website address]. Making the entirely valid point that the people who can afford to will just absorb the charges and not change their driving patterns.

Post by **Mike** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 6:09 pm

I thought it might be something like that but I did not stop dead in a 40 mile per hour zone to ogle at a billboard! :D

mr_e · Post by **mr_e** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 12:02 pm

I'll let you off seeing as you weren't on foot. What is surprising is that there's enough anti-toll sentiment around for them to spend what I assume is a fair bit of money on those billboards. I was expecting it to be limited to websites and newspaper articles.

Post by **Mike** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:21 am

I know it just goes to show that people don't have enough money in their pockets to readily accept new forms of taxation.

Post by **Mike** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:54 am

This seems to be totally odd but as I understand it two councils needed to object to veto the plans yet they are still going ahead. How does that work? If they are going to ignore popular opinion then I think we should ignore their payment requests and not purchase a black box.