Writing for Bristol's Evening Post, Trevor Colman - UKIP MEP for the South West - details the road pricing scheme that the European Empire plans to introduce.
Not only do they plan to help themselves to more of your cash, but they also intend to watch and track your every move into the bargain.
As Colman explains: "Waiting around the corner is the mighty EU Directive 2004/52/EC on the "interoperability of electronic road toll systems". That's Eurospeak for paying to drive.
"Fees will be collected by an electronic fee collection (EFC) system. Satellite positioning technology will assist the EFC.
"The charging system will be "interoperable for road charging at Community level". In other words one system across the EU, enabling "the number of kilometres covered per category of road to be counted".
"Automatic debiting of toll charges will be made, by the EFC, on bank or credit card accounts.
"Vehicles will be fitted with an on-board device allowing the Galileo satellite to track them and levy the charge.
"According to Directive 2004/52/EC, the Electronic Toll System (ETS) will "contribute significantly to reducing the risk of accidents, thus increasing road safety"."
Has that pissed you off sufficiently? We do hope so.
In Britain, the roads were constructed using money from tax payer funds. Yet - despite having already paid for them once - the European Empire intends that you should pay for them again. Forever more.
That they also intend to manage this scheme by attaching a tracking system to your vehicle tells you everything that you need to know about notions of freedom and liberty under the European Empire regime.
Trevor Colman's article is very well written. His very down-to-earth, chatty style is a perfect way of communicating the effects of European Empire legislation to members of the public.
Thanks to a local Bristol newspaper allowing him a platform - he is, after all, an elected representative of the UK's fourth biggest political party - his wake-up call can now ripple out from the South West to people all over the country.
His - and our - UKIP colleagues have a great example of effective communication in Colman's example today.
Yet the greater example of note is that which the local press of Bristol has given to their national colleagues whose news agendas allow such mission creep from Brussels to pass by, unchecked.
I love the part about "contribute significantly to reducing the risk of accidents, thus increasing road safety"
ReplyDeleteGreat so because your spied on constantly your less likely to have an accident how?
No I just don't get it on any level, normally with the whole problem reaction solution thing you get some sort of link there. But no we get this:
Problem: There are too many road accidents
Reaction: Something must be done
Solution: Here have this thing that you pay to spy on you, It won't make the roads any safer, but we say it will.
Oh wait I just got it, the roads will be safer because no one will want to drive or be able to afford it. Empty Roads = Safety
After a quick read of the directive, I now realise they are hell bent on another crack pot scheme of oppression, and it will be sold to people using the green agenda, and safety concerns. Bastards!
ReplyDeleteTaken from the opening paragraph of DIRECTIVE 2004/52/EC.
“It is necessary to provide for the widespread deployment of
electronic toll systems in the Member States and neighbouring
countries, and the need is arising to have interoperable
systems suited to the future development of road charging
policy at Community level and to future technical
developments”.
It reads to me that the unelected have already decided that we are to be charged to drive per mile/ Kilometre.
I remember, a few years ago, reading of insurance companies trailing satellite tracking of an insured vehicle with the promise of reduced premiums. At the time I thought it was the beginning of personal spying. Now I see that they were testing pay as you drive.
A few initial thoughts spring to mind.
It will not be long before it is used to track your speed and should you exceed the speed limit, an electronically generated ticket will drop onto your doormat.
It will be relatively easy to defeat anything electronic. The Directive recognises that the system will be open to fraud.
The heavy transport companies “the plan is to start with all vehicles over 3.5 Tonnes” will kick off again, hopefully.
I cannot see the French accepting it, and neither should anyone else.
@Nick - The heavy transport companies “the plan is to start with all vehicles over 3.5 Tonnes” will kick off again.
ReplyDeleteQuite these people are insane, if there is one group I can't see taking something like this laying down it's heavy goods drivers etc, expect to see blockades and the like, esp in France but possibly here too.