Do not implement a tracking-based road tax system

Closed 449 signatures

What the petition asks

The Government should not introduce a tracking-based ‘telematics’ road tax system, as recommended by the Transport Committee. The Committee suggested that fuel and vehicle excise duties could be replaced by a "mechanism that uses telematic technology to charge drivers according to distance driven".

The Government should guarantee AGAINST the use of any type of road tax using tracking/telemetry. The Government should respect the privacy of drivers and not introduce this massive state surveillance. It will be too expensive to implement and could be abused in the future. There are alternatives which reportedly do not have these risks, such as basing on vehicle mass or value instead of pay-per-mile systems. Pay-per-mile would unfairly penalise those who commute or travel for work. https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5802/cmselect/cmtrans/789/summary.html

Timeline

12 Apr 2022	Petition opened for signatures
26 Oct 2022	Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 449

Status Closed

Department Department for Transport

Opened 12 Apr 2022

Closed 26 Oct 2022

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