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These people in high power do what they want because at the end of the day...they get what they want, we only matter if there is an election going on and they are running around looking for votes. if we all got together it would make a difference but alas that will never happen here.

Ok so there are too many cars on the roads today, congestion is getting worse on a daily basis, the price of oil has gone up so I am sure that we will be paying over £1 per litre next year, but will any of us stop using our cars? I certainly won't be public transport just isn't good enough.
Although I live just 2 miles from the city centre the transport links to my place of work are non existant. I would need to take 3 busses and then walk for an hour to get there.
Any increases will affect all of us, even the green people that don't own cars.

The part that people is missing, and worries me the most, is the fact that the lorries the supermarkets use to get our food to the shelves use diesel which will in turn impact on the every day cost of living. This is not just about increasing the price of our fuel it is yet another way of increasing the cost of living with taxation without us noticing.

If the Cost of Motoring increases in order to take cars off the road, then the roads will be nice and empty for the Rich to enjoy in their Petrol Guzzling Four by Fours,and they can look down on the Paupers waiting at Bus Stops for a Public Transport system that is a Joke!!! ---"Let them eat Cake" jumps to mind!!!

The country cannot stand many more price rises, this is why we have inflation. 1st we get higher taxes then we get road tolls and because of this the people that own their own businesses and companies have to raise their prices to cover this. How does this extra tax rise help us???? It doesn't, it simply creates more money for the government to waste and fill their pension jars!!!

Why should we keep contributing to this governments coffers? Do they pay for fuel no they don't. We do in about every tax possible the government take our money but contribute very little of their ownas they have all the expences under the sun to play with so we subsidise them. When it comes time for them to retire we pay their highly inflated pensions which are gold plated and all the time they are laughing all the way to the bank because we are the ones who keep them in the manner to which they have become used to.
It is about time we all stood up to those who take our money and give little if nothing in return.

A a rural resident with very limited public transport we have no other option but to have 2 cars.
The Governments mantra on public transport will not work unless you live in central London or other large cities.
Additional fuel tax is yet another tax on those who chose not to live in a city

just another rip off the motorist idea, whilst the greedy ministers enjoy their motoring perks i.e. let the tax payer pay for our petrol, and you wonder why the nation calls this place RIP-OFF BRITAIN, we are not so GREAT any more.

This is just an other easy tax increase for the goverment coffers! Think ahead if you want elected Mr Brown!!!!!!!!!!!

So crude oil is at its dearest so the oil companies put the price up, a few months ago when it was the cheapest it had ever been did the companies drop the price???
The government is forever having a go at the lowly motorist, more road tax, more tax on the fuel. Britain used to be one of the cheapest places in Europe to buy fuel, now it is the dearest.
They pay very little road tax, if any, abroad, all or most of the tax is on the fuel, the more miles you do, the more fuel you use, the more tax you pay, but there fuel is still a lot cheaper than in this country.
Boycoting the fuel companies is a good idea. Pick one company and dont go to any of its filling stations for a week, then pick another company. See how much profit they loose. Good idea but then the government still gets your TAX. Blockade all the refineries, bring the country to a standstill again, but that price drop only lasted a few months.
I dont know what the answer is but if someone out there does then please let us know.
Doug

QUOTE 'Sounds like good news. The number of cars on the road increases steadily every month, poving that income can easily match the increasing cost of motoring. While this luxury is still easily affordable, the government should take advantage of it to generate money for services (which, incidentally, many of the same people spend time complaining about the quality of) used by every single person in this country.

Once motoring prices reach the limit people can afford, people will stop using their cars unless they have no choice, and the government will have to look again at where they generate their income. Tax on fuel will stop increasing. Those who need to drive will get there quicker on quieter roads.

Sounds like everyone gains, to me.'

I take it you do not use your car for business then on average i travel approx 12,000+ Business miles a year. The increase would force to to possibly looking for a new job so no everyone does not gain?

Posted by Amanda Lightfoot, 27th September 2007 3:44pm

Amanda with respect you are an idiot!!! Should we apply your stupid logic to non-staple food??? Most of us in the UK can all afford lovely food so why dont the Govt tax everyting other than bread and milk until we all start to die from malnutrition? What about holidays? we don't need them either so lets tax that until no-one flies anymore!!!! (eventually we could, Im sure, find something you enjoy and tax the hell out of it!!).

Do us (non-tree hugging) NORMAL people a favour and think about your idiotic rants until you can think of useful comments! I dont use busses, which incidentally are mostly empty around here, but I dont think they should be banned either despite them coughing out 10x more toxins than my modern, efficient engine!

As for spending, perhaps the Govt should stop spending insane amounts of money pandering to the EU and buy itself some balls. Then perhaps we could save the billions spent on foreign and domestic benefit layabouts and translation services AND still be able to enjoy the things our ancestors fought so hard for us to maintain!!!!

RANT OVER!

Some of us need our cars to earn a living
this price rise is outrageous
Keep up the good work PetrolPrices

The problem is that far to many people are on expenses or allowances in this country which means that those of us at the bottom who actually pay our own way are also busy subsidising politicians and their ilk. Fuel rises are irrelevant to them. They don't have to pay them, we do.

I take it not enough cash being made out of "safety cam's" then well done we get shafted yet again!!!!!!!

No wonder record number of people are leaving the UK, Labour needs more money so it can be wasted on yet another million pound QUANGO

Why does the Gov't penalise us like this. It hits small business and the ordinary man in the street so hard. It's not necessary. They make far more than other Gov't on this element - they just see it as easy money. Stick the taxes on cigarettes, price alcohol out of children's pockets and tax luxury foods etc. Several problems would be solved that way .. crime reduction, funding the NHS etc ... Running a small business isn't a luxury - it provides livings for several families, who then also pay their taxes. If the Gov't runs small businesses into the ground by abusing tax on fuel in this manner, then instead of taking our money in taxes, they'll be paying out benefits. I'll then start smoking and drinking due to depression and run up exhorbitant NHS bills due to poor self inflicted health for the gov't as they've made running a business no longer viable but by providing benefits, they've given me every reason to waste my health and their money. Duh!

How about this ...Government suggested we changed to diesel for lower emmissios when diesel was cheaper than unleaded. more diesels came on the road. what did they do? they raised the price for diesel of course!

Personally i don't think it matters one jot who we vote for it is the same bunch of civil servants that dictate what happens. They just flavour the outcome Red,blue or yellow. Yellow? well if Lib dems ever get in power before eternity, you will certainly pay taxes then like never before! Let us boycott, those of us that can, and withold our labour vote ... maybe that will work!

Thi government is anti cars . We are taxed more than any other country. When will the present government learn. It will end with some sort of revolt like the famers did some years ago. Will they then back down. It is about time that they listerned to resonable people's complaints. Wait till all the prices in the shops go up, then we shall she the fireworks from all people, with requests for wage increses to cover the increases. Nothing changes, the extra TAX MUST BE STOPPED

Enough is enough, it's time we stopped being fleeced by this government, at every opportunity they tax us openly and by stealth, and to rub salt in the wound give themselves a rise and inflation proof pensions.

The motorist is a soft touch where this Government is concerned. Speed cameras everywhere earning a fortune for someone and very high fuel tax. We must be such a load of idiots to keep taking it all, but there seems no end. Let's hope your vote at least makes someone stop and think. Keep up the good work.

Simple Answer vote with your feet, not at the Petrol Station but at the next election!

i have had my car coverted to lpg but still get ripped off by local fuel stations putting the price up when they wish. also no government tax relief for me as it has been coverted not manufactured this way. WHAT A CON
LABOUR WON'T BE GETTING MY VOTE AGAIN

I'm a Pensioner to start with and disabled (emphysema) as well but although I am still capable of driving, I don't - I can't afford it, even before the proposed increase. I wish I was younger and a cross channel truck driver, that way I could purchase fuel in Europe and give the profits to the European companies and Governments (who still seem to manage to provide better services at lower prices, e.g. health, than the English government).

I have already pased your site address to my friends, and will do so again.

DON'T add p's on ............. take P's off
we pay to much now

where will it stop, high fuel prices, road tax, car insurance ????
our allies over the pond would not put up with this, in the usa they would vote this lot out of government (congress). what is the point in working hard to drive a nice a car, pay higher taxes on your pay, to pay it again just to get to work, therefore we get taxed twice just to work???

Having read some of the comments placed already,for the lady who said driving is a luxury ,yes it may be in the city ,but not for those of us who need cars in the rural areas which have totally rubbish public transport and are already paying higher fuel prices than the urban areas.Do people who make comments like this live in the real world ,fuel price hikes like this have a knock on effect across the board ,with other prices going up to cover transport prices . Yes i would like to see less private vehicles on the road ,but until the government puts the horse before the cart and speends money improving A. Public Transportand make it cheaper for people to use. and B. A better way to get goods around the country and encourage companies to source locally. .People will continue to use their cars

I have no choice, I have to go by car. As a disabled person, and sometimes wheelchair user, I can't walk to the bus-stop.
I can't stand for 20 minutes until a bus decides to turn up late.
I can't carry 6 bags of Tesco shopping home the ½mile from the bus-stop to my bungalow.
I have to take the children to school in the car, as they're not old enough to walk by themselves, and I'm not fit enough to walk with them. (USA style Yellow School Busses anyone?)
For me, a car is essential, without one, I'd be housebound or completely reliant on someone else who did have a car. I'm 36, nowhere near old enough to be resigned to spending the rest of my life as a recluse!

The average motorist covers 9,600 miles per year

The average car achieves 37.8 mpg and uses up 254 gallons per annum

The fuel tax increase equates to 10.8p per gallon

The average motorist will therefore pay an extra £27.50 per year or 7.5p per day.

I'm struggling to see why these modest numbers are getting you all to vent so much spleen.

How can we revolt against this? we're not french, we'll be anoyed, get angry, swear at the Tv or newspapers when the increase is anounced, but then we'll either sleep on it or someone from big brother will do something stupid in the news and we'll forget all about it and keep on paying (just like we have with the slow increases all year). We didn't back the HGV drivers of a few years ago when they revolted over the same cost of fuel as now.

Use public transport!!! You'd see a Plumber or an electrician with all their gear getting on the bus or train to go to work. No wonder we're the joke of europe and so many of us are leaving.

I would like to remind MP's that there are towns and cities in the UK other than London where the majority of us live who cannot use public transport to get to work, I tried it once it took me 3 and a half hours to do a 50 mile journey that takes me 1 hour in the car. Not everyone lives where they work.

I'm sometimes ashamed to call myself British because we have NO back bone to do ANYTHING about ANYTHING.

We should protest now and dare Gordon to have an election.

Talk of "people doing without their cars" is nonsense. It's alright if you're just ferrying the kids round the corner to school ( make them walk) or popping into town for a hairdo, but if you actually have to work using your car, there is no feasible alternative. I work for myself and recently undertook a trip lasting 3 1/2 days, during which I saw clients in Manchester, North Wales, Lincolnshire, The Midlands, South Wales and the London area. This is quite typical for travelling business people.
To have done that by public transport would, I estimate, have taken nearly two weeks and involved many nights in hotels, instead of the two I was compelled to spend. The cost would have been astronomical.
In addition, I would not have been able to do other work, which I did at home on my return.
Why not tax tools or computers or other essential work items?
It's just the madness of a desperate Government, who have generated so much debt that they are forced tp tax anything they can get away with.

I am not having this.

I work in the nhs and the amount of money spent on directors salaries and managers is incredible one only has to look on the internet to see the lists of vacancies with huge salaries for IT consultants and senior managers etc to understand where your taxes are being spent. The front line staff who actually work on the wards are getting less and less in number. Please don't believe the hype that staff are increasing. Your precious money that you spend on fuel tax is
being wasted on more managers and spin doctors than you can possibly ever imagine.

I live about 400Mtrs from one of the biggest refineries in Europe and apparently one in 6 cars in Britain fill up on fuel refined there. Most Independent fuel retailers get their supplies from there, and certainly all Esso Garages (Catch my Drift). Blockade the refinery, I say.

Without a doubt though there will be a law against this, as it stops the Government collecting revenue be it at the pumps, or cos the company can't deliver thus losing the sale. Also, the most expensive prices are actually in the local vicinity, even at the local Tesco!

Yep we're all mugs and unless we stand up for ourselves we are going to be ripped off, rolled over, and kicked the Sh*t out of by this nanny state who dosn't want us to enjoy our reward for being one of the hardest working nations in the world!

But that's probably because if we didn't work so hard we'd all be on benefit!!!

Let's do it!

Make your voice heard at the next General Election, if this same old issue drives you so mad. The way of all revenue raisers now is go for the easy target, no matter petrol, insurance, tvlicence, electricity, gas blah blah. Its so disturbing at times but underneath when you really think about it, its going to stay this way as long as our national consciousness and historical values remain of any importance to us. Nonetheless, the regularity of these raises must only fuel the demise of steady and trustworthy values in our bizarre society.

When you live in the country you have little choice but to use a vehicle to make a living. Yet another increase in stealth tax.

OMG! its okay for MP's they have expense accounts i really don't think they have a clue how "normal" people live at all. Revolution sounds like a good idea to me! lol :)

we get tax for the roads we use which a sub-standard, we have to pay MOT's, we pay tax on fuel, we pay VAT on the vehicles we drive (if your buying brand new, hopefully one day I'll be able to afford a brand new one lol). WE pay tax on our earnings, we get taxed on our savings, Christ we even pay atx when we die! this country taxes us to death!

It occurs to me that those who think public transport should replace the car are not old enough to have experienced travel during the public transport era, i.e. the 1950's and earlier. Public transport is atrocious- you want coughs and colds ?- you'd get em. Busses are an obsolete anachronism- inefficient and more polluting than cars, trundling around for 18 hours each day, on average less than half full- even in the fifties. The family car is a necessity, and potentially very efficient. What's needed is a policy to provide more multi-storey car parks as a lot of traffic in cities consists of people looking for somewhere to park. If the petrol price increase was earmarked for this purpose I would be in favour of it.