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[_] Car Tax

Tim Beadle tim.beadle at gmail.com
Sat Feb 10 13:41:13 GMT 2007

On 09/02/07, Steve James <us at redpumas.com> wrote:
> All MOTs are now registered on the DVLA database at time of issue as are
> failures.
>
> They know what cars have tax and which are declared S.O.R.N.
>
> They also know which cars do and don't have insurance.
>
> How else can you know buy your car tax over the internet or telephone.
> So enforcement of those using the tracking device is a bogus reason.
>
> Already they have cameras which read number plates for tracking tax
> evading vehicle owners.
>
> So its quite simple.

I just got sent the link to the petition - again :grr: - but while I'm
all in favour of pricing cars off the roads (or at least getting
people out of cars a good amount of the time), the whole tracking
issue is of greater concern.

I may sign the petition while holding my nose, like the French
socialists voting for Chirac to keep Le Pen out...

Tim