An open letter to Gordon Brown, Prime Minister:

OK, you've had a drubbing in the local elections and you've taken the result 'on the chin'. Your big idea is not to tax people for something they already pay for (a common Nu Labour trick) - in this case for chucking out their rubbish. Big Deal. And you are talking about not adding the 2p increase in fuel duty. Likewise, big deal.

If you really understand what people are going through you would IMMEDIATELY cap the price of petrol to £1 a litre. The rising fuel prices are hurting 'hard working families' up and down the country. Understand this and you stand a chance of being elected (and that is democracy - you've got a job no-one voted you in for and you scared fellow MPs from standing against you).

Stop taxing the motorist. Stop using us as a cash cow for your grand schemes - 10 good years and we are having to borrow record amounts? Road tax has rocketed to pay GPs their huge salaries to provide a service that anyone in a job struggles to get. And there are no NHS dentists - no wonder illegal immigrants are off.

Drop the price of petrol by adjusting the duty rate. You could do this today and make people respect you.

But you won't. Because you are such a guardian of the nation's economy we need every penny you can raise or else we would go bust. Brilliant. A job well done.

Roll on a general election and we can get a party in that understands taxation and not hitting the hard working motorist at every opportunity.

Yours,

Captain Gatso,

The Motorists Friend,

Motorists Against Detection. 

Captain Gatso only at Speedaholics: speed cameras, car and motoring news

Last update: 21-06-2008 13:19

What with the motorist being hammered with all these fines and taxes and then there' s me talking about the road drivers/motoring underclass there is an easy simple way out of this conundrum.

Which is 'Bangernomics'.

Basically this has got to be the most sure-fire, cost effective, worry free, cheapest motoring money can buy.

You merely buy a £300 banger once every three months.

The car will be 'clean', relatively quiet car with a few months road tax and MoT on it.

You buy it for cash, give the seller a false name and address but always remembering the name and address you gave in case you attract the attention of Mr Plod.

And then you drive round with impunity because none of these fines or taxes are going to hit you in the pocket. The only thing you need to worry about is putting fuel in the tank and that the bastard starts and is reliable.

You can then happily transgress every speed camera in town, use every bus lane, block every box junction, go through every red light and don't pay the congestion charge, park anywhere you fancy and never hear a dicky bird!

Just remember to always wear a seat belt and don't use a mobile phone whilst driving just in case you come across one of the very few officers left out there. Give the car a wash every couple of weeks and you are all set for trouble-free, cheap motoring.

Captain Gatso only at Speedaholics: speed cameras, car and motoring news

Last update: 21-06-2008 13:20