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DON’T LET THEM DRIVE YOU OFF THE ROAD … ·
Cars and vans are the UK’s favourite form of transport. It may be stating the obvious, but
people need cars to enjoy personal
freedom and protection from the elements, carry those who can’t drive and
heavy shopping, They let us get to work at all hours and can make locations
not adequately served by public transport. Vans ensure our deliveries and
visits from the tradesmen we need.. ·
Yet decision makers treat drivers as some sort of pest
to be eradicated, or at least a cash cow to be milked. Gratuitous restrictions like LTNs, car exclusion
lanes and soporific 20mph
zones ensure a flow of fine income.
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This on top of paying roughly five times over for the use of the road. As a ballpark, motoring
taxes raise about £50Bn a year, with around £10Bn spent back on the roads.
Often on measures that hinder us or make us pay more money. Intrusive ‘track &
tax’ systems could pry
into our reasons for travel and household income. ·
The war on the
motorist is continuing
with stealth. Facilities like road
space and parking spaces are being removed to make driving more unpleasant
and push us towards less suitable forms of transport. Or not travel at all. ·
Gratuitous and draconian restrictions are being pushed for social engineering reasons. They are disingenuously spun as road
safety, congestion, environment or health measures, even though some of the claimed
problems result from measures pushed by the authorities. Justifying data has
been cherry-picked or even made
up! ·
In the main, the public is not sold on over-priced
Electric Vehicles. But our choice is being eroded by artificial targets
laid down by flat earth central government - backed by threat of manufacturer fines
and quotas. Even the right to own
or use a vehicle at all is under
threat... ·
This website is a work in progress. It is being
developed by grass roots drivers to help the driving public (and non-drivers
inconvenienced). It aims to cover all the main topics and give the public resources to fight back. We welcome
guest articles that offer insights and are presented in a way that the public
can bond with (with reasonable length, level of detail and evidence; no rants!). |
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Please help spread the
word and - better still - actively support us. Over 30 million
drivers will be a force if we can stick together. .
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