Sam
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Originally posted by wilson_sri
What the fuck is pay as you go? My cars not a fucking phone!
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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Its fucking stupid really though isnt it!! Same with that daytime only policy, what happens if theres an emergancy & you need to use your car at night............you cant because your not insured aye that will be right!! Governments fucking stupid!!
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Paul_J
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
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thing is it may be easy to by pass. but I bet there will be a serious offence for anyone who does,
so lame
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willhouse
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to be honest i would just rather pay more car tax than have this 'big brother' bollocks.
i enjoy driving my car, it isnt just a piece of transport- its enjoyment for me and i want to drive it when i want- so i suppose even double the car tax a year i could justify outlaying in respect of how much of a good time i have whilst driving
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neil h
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Originally posted by Colin
Its fucking stupid really though isnt it!! Same with that daytime only policy, what happens if theres an emergancy & you need to use your car at night............you cant because your not insured aye that will be right!! Governments fucking stupid!!
tis slightly different with the daytime insurance thing (assuming you mean the 'more than' one), 'cus your covered for out of hours driving, but they charge you extra for it. but only when your driving.
And to be honest it looks like there trying to price people out of driving, with all these congestion charges, pay as you go schemes, taxes and what not. I can just see that one day no one will be able to work more than 4 miles from where they live 'cus of the extortionate cost of driving.
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joey736
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Registered: 11th Mar 07
Location: hexham, near newcastle drives: Aurora XE
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i suppoe there is an upside:
fewer people driving means empty roads to play on!!
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flame1987
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Registered: 20th Nov 06
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just the goverment trying to make more money out of us
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Nic Barnes
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Originally posted by joey736
i suppoe there is an upside:
fewer people driving means empty roads to play on!!
with government boxes in your car that send you a text message saying your braking the speedlimit, £30 fine and 3 points as and when it happens, followed by another text saying using your phone when driving £30 fine and 3 points followed by a text saying your banned and the car cuts out?
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joey736
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Location: hexham, near newcastle drives: Aurora XE
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point made
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Hammer
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Registered: 11th Feb 04
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Bring it on i drive approx 4 miles a week tops in my own car 
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Steve
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nic
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deano87
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It will be super wank.
I was thinking that they won't be able to enforce it on cars of a certain age, and it can only be fitted to new cars. . .what about MOT time?! 
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Nic Barnes
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boom there goes the crockery
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xtremewheels
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Registered: 3rd Sep 06
Location: Nottingham
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It won't pass, wouldn't be long before people worked away around the system.
If not, well i think ill be walking again!
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Mike
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Originally posted by Colin
Surely they cannot enforce this? Maybe if they started fitting on brand new cars like they did airbags & cats etc but I cant see them making people take there car to get a black box bolted into it, hell if they do they'll be getting told to fuck right off, i'll just keep my 16yr old golf & stick the latest engine in it
I think they want us to pay £200 for them to fit them as well. Yeah right. 
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Sean-B
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Registered: 1st May 07
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my mates got this but he chose to have it. He pays a base rate of £600 a year (an a corsa 1.2) and gets 100miles a month free and then its 3p a mile afta that. Can work out cheaper if you dont drive loads.
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John
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GPS systems are not accurate enough to stand up in court for speeding offences.
It's been shown a few times how easy they are to fool.
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Nic Barnes
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Originally posted by corsa128v
my mates got this but he chose to have it. He pays a base rate of £600 a year (an a corsa 1.2) and gets 100miles a month free and then its 3p a mile afta that. Can work out cheaper if you dont drive loads.
and insurance and petrol aswell? cheaper? where you from, they have schools there?
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BarnshaW
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Registered: 25th Oct 06
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if they DO enforce this, i will simply sell my car, drive around uninsured in an old car until i get caught, go to court and get a few hundred quid fine, then go and do it again and again, cost wise il prolly save money
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Nic Barnes
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Originally posted by BarnshaW
if they DO enforce this, i will simply sell my car, drive around uninsured in an old car until i get caught, go to court and get a few hundred quid fine, then go and do it again and again, cost wise il prolly save money
100% agreed
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Sean-B
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Registered: 1st May 07
Location: Wolverhampton Drives: 200SX S14a
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no that is my mates insurance!!!! im from wolverhampton and yes we do have schools thankyou
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Nic Barnes
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Originally posted by corsa128v
no that is my mates insurance!!!! im from wolverhampton and yes we do have schools thankyou
so 600 a year and can do 100 miles a month? means he can drive for 1200 miles a year?
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Scotty C
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Registered: 6th Nov 05
Location: Kidderminster Drives: 1.6 16v Sport
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1200 miles free a year, 3p every mile after that 
Rip off.
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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im not pissed off about the idea, ok it is a pretty wanky idea, but what pisses me off most is how many people were against this, yet all we got was, we are doing it anyway.
the govt need to realise we control them, not vice versa
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Nic Barnes
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depends what car its on i guess and what age. if you average 10,000 a year say, its 864 for insurance. if that was on a evo at 18, i swear id take it. on a 1.2 corsa........erm no.
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