1. The thin end of a very big wedge
(News/Captain Gatso\'s Blog)

...ular. He suggested average-speed cameras were better as they encouraged safer driving and also reduced fuel consumption. He told the newspaper that the traditional fixed-point cameras were viewed by...

2. Huge cost of speed cam abuse
(News/Captain Gatso\'s Blog)

...der siege. Car drivers and motorcyclists are being forced off the road with greater taxation, expensive fuel and bus lanes which do nothing to ease congestion.” He also argued that Durham polic...

3. Green taxes are a con
(News/Captain Gatso\'s Blog)

... averse to making populist moves, I still don't understand why Gordon hasn't lowered the tax on fuel. It would make him popular at a stroke and mean hauliers and drivers would have something ...

4. Captain Gatso: Gordon Brown is deluded
(News/Captain Gatso\'s Blog)

...for this idiot to lower prices is to reduce the rate of duty. Blaming foreign producers for the current fuel crisis is doing nothing for his reputation. And anyway - I thought we were a major oil prod...

5. Captain Gatso: Spook doesn't get sacked!
(News/Captain Gatso\'s Blog)

... burkhas. Luckily, however, it was picked up by an honest upstanding citizen of the UK but then to add fuel to the fire they were then handed to a certain Frank Gardner the BBC's senior defence a...

6. Gordon Brown's car tax rise hits 4x4 sales
(News/General)

...e the new car market is being affected by the worsening economic conditions with families facing rising fuel, food and mortgage bills, motoring campaigners said the proposed tax changes had undoubtedl...

7. Bikers protest over fuel prices
(News/General)

Hundreds of motorbike riders protesting against high fuel prices have caused delays on motorways outside Manchester. The "slow" protest, which includes some taxis and lorries, left Birch se

8. Petrol tanker drivers' strike
(News/General)

Captain Gatso says: Here we go again! There's a couple of interesting fuel protests building up and they might be beaten to the headlines by this action from the tanker drivers. Go on lads! BRITAI

9. Captain Gatso: Fuel Tax protest 19 July
(News/Captain Gatso\'s Blog)

...s is a great idea and everyone should sign up with a view to taking part. As the site says: Taxation on fuel has reached unprecedented levels. Even if you do not drive a performance car or any car at ...

10. Captain Gatso: Gordon Brown is a clown keen on spin
(News/Captain Gatso\'s Blog)

Firstly, the story below is just spin, plain and simple. The price of fuel at our petrol pumps has little to do with the world price of oil but EVERYTHING to do with the fact that 75% of the price is

11. Fuel demo adds to road taxes row
(News/General)

...? Where is the protest in that? Hundreds of lorry drivers have staged a protest at the rising cost of fuel, at the same time as speculation mounted about a government rethink on road tax. The drive...

12. Poorer drivers 'hit hard' by tax
(News/General)

...uffer most from plans to increase road taxes on more polluting cars. Road hauliers are also angry that fuel duty is set to rise by 2p this autumn. The MPs say they are concerned about the potential ...

13. Captain Gatso: NATIONAL NO NUMBER PLATES DAY!
(News/Captain Gatso\'s Blog)

Has it come to that time folks when we need to show these muppets in charge and their henchmen just how cheesed off we are with all of their camera enforcement technologies now? We have to demonstrat

14. Lorry drivers to shut down London roads in capital's largest-ever fuel protest TODAY!
(News/General)

Lorry drivers are to pour into London for what organisers hope will be the largest-ever fuel duty protest in the capital. Hauliers are angry at soaring fuel prices which have resulted in the average

15. Captain Gatso: Upcoming fuel protest
(News/Captain Gatso\'s Blog)

You wouldn't believe how often members of the media contact me asking about the fuel protest. They can't believe that, apart from a few truckers, no-one is taking to the streets. Plus they can

16. Captain Gatso: Crewe result is good for us all
(News/General)

...n Brown wants a quick fix, instead of trying to sell his 'long term plans' then he could reduce fuel dutyTODAY to stop ordinary, hard working people being punished every time they tank up. On ...

17. Captain Gatso: Govt drugs u-turn is just posturing
(News/Captain Gatso\'s Blog)

... legalise all drugs then at least the Government can have a shout on the profits and possibly bring our fuel duty down! They will never win the war on drugs. Just like they won't win the war on t...

18. Biofuels knacker some engines - claim
(News/General)

Thousands of motorists could face huge repair bills following complaints that biofuels introduced by the Government can cause jellyfish-like blobs that destroy engines. From last month, all petrol an

19. Captain Gatso: Here's to helping Gordon Brown
(News/Captain Gatso\'s Blog)

... 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 ...

20. Captain Gatso: Bangernomics
(News/Captain Gatso\'s Blog)

...se 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 ev...

21. Captain Gatso: We will become rogue drivers by default
(News/Captain Gatso\'s Blog)

... old Ford Galaxy, his house and his family, and the fact he is being hammered every time he goes to the fuel pump and yet he still needs to feed his family (and again we all know that food shopping is...

22. Most drivers doubt road pricing plans
(News/General)

... pay-as-you-go pricing, 86 per cent did not think the Government would keep its word over reductions in fuel duty or road tax if road pricing was introduced. AA president Edmund King said: "Road...

23. FUEL SHORTAGES WARNING OVER STRIKE
(News/General)

Action could mean no fuel supplies in Scotland and North of England for month A planned strike by workers at a major oil refinery could lead to fuel shortages from next Friday, the site's owner h

24. £5 a gallon 'just around the corner'
(News/General)

...per litre and diesel has risen 3.16 pence to 117.41 pence per litre, according to the AA’s latest fuel price report. The price of diesel is rising twice as fast as petrol and the difference bet...

25. Rising costs drive motorists off the road
(News/General)

...s (8%) and maintenance costs (8%) also hitting motorists hard. The average cost of a litre of unleaded fuel in the UK is now 107.5p but prices have reached as high as 118.9p in some regions of the co...

26. Fuel shortages - don't panic!
(News/General)

Motorists have been urged not to panic buy fuel amid warnings that the shutdown of Scotland's only crude oil refinery could lead to shortages. Ineos claims it could have to close its refinery at

27. Sky spy to track drivers
(News/Police and The Law)

...k is revealed in Labour’s tender document for controversial road pricing. The document will also fuel fears of a mass expansion of Labour’s Big Brother state and raise concerns about the ...

28. Association of British Drivers: Higher Motoring Costs and Global Cooling Ahead
(News/General)

This is a Press Release from the ABD: As motorists get a temporary respite from fuel duty hikes, research continues to show that precipitous unilateral and costly action on natural and inevitable cli

29. sunday mirror columnist hits out at new parking laws
(News/General)

...ent. Those close to the ground know it's just another way to cream yet more money from us. It also fuels the fire in the belly of many drivers who have been feeling angry for some time about over...

30. LPG cars lose C-charge discount
(News/General)

Motorists who converted their cars to use environmentally friendlier fuels to avoid paying the congestion charge could lose their exemption.   Transport for London (TfL) has announced plans to ph