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Petition update, 25 February 2008

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Keep Bristol and the rest of Avon free. No road pricing here. No new road tolls. No tax on travel. No government bribes to coerce travellers onto inconvenient and expensive public transport.

Congestion charging is very inconvenient for the user. The London scheme only makes a profit due to penalties. Other schemes could lead to unexpected large debts with no way to dispute them. How is the driver to know in advance even roughly how much a journey would cost?

Road pricing is not about reducing congestion, but pricing private cars off the road. It damages business, commuting and social activity. It hurts most those least able to pay. It requires a vast expensive system to monitor every journey. It is an intolerable interference with our freedom.

If the council is determined to press ahead, then let the people of Bristol decide in a fair referendum whether they want congestion charging.

Current signatories

Kevin Lawrence, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• mairi mackechnie
• Peter Morgan, ABD
• Nick Jones
• Zoe Myhill
• Philip Glover
• Matt
• Dick King
• S King
• Rick Crowley
• Christopher Read
• William Haines
• Ray Millard
• Christopher Myhill
• Timothy Stacey
• jonathan ferguson
• Matthew Cantillon
• Richard Crocker
• movinder sond
• Christopher J Deane
• Lindsey Richards
• Amit Patel
• Aliya Amel-Azizpour
• Leigh Cairnes
• Cheryl Iles
• laura wyatt
• Lucie Wheeler
• Rich Hallett
• Daniel Mazurek
• Joanne Green
• Lee Steeds
• Gemma Cornish
• Lisa Davis
• Kate Broadbear
• Mike Hill
• Ben Foord
• Vikki Burton
• Lucy Hodges
• Chris Underwood
• Louise Green
• Alison Blake
• Anne Ferrier
• Marie Cox
• michelle parfitt
• ben morgan
• andrew hook
• rajni bajaj
• Nikki Harris
• EMMA GOODMAN
• Mark Taplin
• Peter Roberts
• Julian Camp
• Juliet Pitman
• Helen Barton
• Adrian Bryant
• Claire Longhorn
• Paula Wine
• Fiona Cantillon
• Kirsty Francis
• Bridget Nevay
• Sue Russell
• Derek Russell
• Emma Sady
• Charly Henderson
• Kathy Adams
• Hayley Hodges
• KATHRYN CHBAOWSKA
• Dave Sheppard
• Angela Cullin
• Gary Cook
• Claire Ward
• julie richmond
• Katie Wine
• Alison White
• Terry Cording
• Alison Barnfather
• Ian Maddocks
• simon croxson
• Jane Rowett-Harris
• Rob warren
• mike chard
• Sarah Lewis
• Darren R Russe
• Simon Dix
• Jacob Tebbett
• Anne Tucker
• emma holborn
• stewart alvis
• Charles Chambers
• Andrew Foss
• Lynn Dawson
• Rose Connaughton
• TESSA COLLINS
• andrew mcbride
• Celia Wogan
• Anthony Broadhurst
• Paul Morant, SWR-UK
• Shabir Ismail, SWR-UK
• Paul Morgan, ABD
• Mark Black, SWR
• Michael Barnett, SWR-UK.NET
• Marlon Campbell, SWR
• PJM, SWR
• Paul Mason, UKIP
• Birgit Slater
• Adrian Weekes
• Agnes Williams
• Aloysheah Livingstone
• Orville Kennedy
• Alwyn Kennedy
• Roilan Kennedy
• Mikey Douglas
• Jason Rogers, ABD
• Joyceline Black
• Jason Fagan, SWR
• Janet Black
• Jacqueline Shanahan
• Jacky Allen, ABD
• Iwah Rattray, SWR
• Huma Ismail
• Heather Leslie
• Falasha Rattray, ABD
• Derrick Blake, UKIP
• Daphne Anderson, ABD
• Michael Douglas, SWR
• Yvonne Cameron, SWR
• Lovelock Blackman, ABD.ORG.UK
• Nancy Painter
• Mark Bunting
• anthony dutton
• Simon Johnston
• Lesley Wood
• Gemma Brunswick
• jeff oakley
• Derek Coles
• Darren Gregory
• victoria bennett
• Ann Gay
• Beth Garrahy
• lisa hudson
• S.R.Sutherland
• John Court
• Nadia de la Cruz
• Mr M Purnell
• Robert Bull
• Michael Sherwood
• Tom Bullivant
• Alister Watt
• Neil Jordan
• Pete Cannard
• Bob Keightley
• Jayne Keightley
• John Hatton
• Roy Collins
• T Wright (ABD)
• Ian taylor
• J M Bird
• Jon Wight
• Ian Tapping
• Hassan
• Jeremy Irwin
• Alex Bailey
• Neil Britton
• Elizabeth Wallis
• Peter Dixon
• Katherine Penman
• Glenn Richards
• Robin Simmons ABD
• Bridget Condon
• Jenny Child
• michaela arrowsmith
• Carly Hemmings
• Andrea Walker
• Sandy Green
• Russell Hemmings
• Natalie Hemmings
• Fred Heath
• Shaun Partridge
• Peter Bennetts
• Scott Newport
• gerry baber
• Nathan B Roe
• Steve Fermor
• Hamish Galloway
• Mark Pendleton
• Lorraine Hopes
• Bernard Laing
• Cyril Clark
• rhonda hobbs
• kady sugg
• chris cocking
• Matthew Baker
• The Rev'd John Masding
• Wenda Batt
• Vicki williams
• J. Evans
• Barry Ward
• Jane Price
• louise bailes
• David Whitmore
• Ben Smithurst
• Adam Ewers
• Paul Morrissey
• Gary Jones
• Aaron Slater
• jane iles
• Steve Knowlson
• marie pitchford
• Andy vaughan Gray
• keith brickell
• MR R A PURVEY
• Mark Slade
• Andrew Downey
• C. Derrick
• Peter Fionda
• Helen Holloway
• Clive Holloway
• Sheila Walter
• daniel john nock
• Paul Hanmore
• John Clegg
• John McCabe
• Patricia Bole
• Mark Grimshaw
• David Gibbins
• Nigel Ashley
• Nicola James-Scott
• Peter Bowyer
• Chris Scott
• e frostick
• Nick Gibbons
• andy donadio
• M Tarry
• Lyn Rawlings
• Neil Harper
• Derek Martindale
• Christine Pates
• jeremy
• Alex Ruff
• Barry Ward
• Jeff Hardwell
• Peter Mills
• richard willey
• Andrew Charlton
• John Dardis
• Guy Watson
• David Potts
• k. adams
• Alex Walke
• Paul Pritchard
• Mark Merchant
• Trevor Brown
• collette lord
• Peter Brockies
• Clive Young
• Mark Bennett
• Hayden Ventham
• Kenneth Berry
• JimWhitfield
• Hannah Stapley-Parker
• Matthew Willmott
• David Tibbs
• James Mason, ABD.ORG.UK
• Andrew Welsh
• Steve Wade
• J Meleady
• Christopher W.E
• Michael Skinner
• N King
• James
• Jon Combe
• Harvey N. Haberling
• Dominic Wheeler
• vicki wales
• Alistair Wade
• Stuart Gilbert
• Geoff Warner
• martin everett
• David May
• jeremy gilbert