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Transport sector should make more of e-petitions

18th August 2011, Page 18
18th August 2011
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

I HAVE JUST been listening to Sir George Young on Radio 4, talking about the new e-petitions for debate in parliament, which I hadn’t previously heard about. Apparently, according to Sir George, if a petition gets 100,000 names to support it, the petition will be debated in parliament (as long as it is not slanderous, etc).

It occurs to me that this would be a wonderful opportunity to debate motoring issues and for the motorist (and transport folk) to strike back against the anti brigade, who are so often funded by and have the respectability of government departments to pursue their cause.

For example, road tax: would it be possible to get 100,000 pensioners (and many other low-mileage folk) to sign up to getting a debate on road tax being abolished, and the equivalent tax put on petrol, so the less a car is used, the less tax is payable?

Also, could “we” not get 100,000 drivers and operators to petition to change the totally ridiculous 40mph speed limit on trucks on a single lane A-road, a limit that most folk don’t even know exists, and is particularly absurd with modern equipment today?

It seems to me that this presents a wonderful opportunity to get politicians to debate what sensible, hard-working, ordinary folk want debated, and to spend less time on some of the rubbish that is debated by our parliamentarians.

Chris Kelly Founder and chairman, Keltruck

Editor’s note: The FairFuelUK campaign is already making use of this forum with an e-petition calling for the planned 4ppl fuel duty increases scheduled for January and August 2012 to be scrapped. Go to http://bitly/FFUK-Gov to sign the petition.


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