Petition against road tracking/taxing

If you're ever planning on driving a car, this one may interest you;

The government's proposing the introduction of road pricing, which will mean you have to purchase a tracking device for your car and paying a monthly bill to use it.

The tracking device will cost about £200 on top of the cost-per-mile bill. A recent study by the BBC suggested that the lowest monthly bill could still be as much as £28 (for a rural florist), while a delivery driver might be billed as much as £194. A full time Mum who used her car to take the kids to school might pay £86 in one month.

On top of this massive increase in what is effectively a 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 if you accidentally creep over a speed limit you can no longer rely on nobody noticing and you should expect an additional fine with your monthly bill. Authorities may also know where parking restrictions etc are located, and whether or not you're violating them.

Sign the petition

Not sure quite how seriously petitions here are taken, but it's in the .gov.uk domain, so it's at least hosted by the government, so should be taken a bit less lightly than the average online petition.