A petition opposing the Electronic Road User Charges system has attracted 1,200 signatures submitted through Parliament, along with a related Change.org petition nearing 40,000 signatures.
Collective Action for Energy Security spokeswoman Gabrielle Thompson said she was concerned about the severe risks to privacy, pointing out the scheme would require real-time vehicle tracking using GPS transponders. She also speculated about the likely need for hyperscale data centres to store the location data gathered.
The scheme was likely to expand to include road tolling and automated fines, she said. The petition was presented to Parliament earlier this week, but the Change.org campaign remained open ahead of the proposal’s Select Committee stage. Listen or watch Gabrielle Thompson’s interview on RCR.
Change.org petition can be found here.
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Creepy old National and co’s dystopian surveillance/dash revenue gathering scheme. No idea why anyone in their right mind would vote for them or Labour for that matter.
Globy, does that mean that 95 % voters are brain-dead or is there a chance, hoping that they are just temporarily out of their mind?
Look at how the votes are stacking up and support for these creeps is oh so slowly dropping, people are waking up but its taking time. I still have no notion, that said, why the remainder do as they do. A warped form of tribalism perhaps?
I think the sheeple will wake up. Maybe late, but by then it will be a stampede.
This has to be without a doubt for surveillance, there is no reason to change the duty from petrol cars, it is most definitely not for convenience so if you did not send a simple submission in at least sign the petition.
If they can track your car they may be able to determine your speed too…..$$$$$
Unlikely they are going to take notice of submissions or petitions like everything else massively opposed over the last 5 years
Don’t worry abot surveillance, they’ll be able to shut down your car when they want to.
Safer roads, less RUC avoidance, automated parking charges, automated speed fines, real time speeding control.
This will all be pushed through, like covid jabs, under the disguise of safety.
After all the public have developed a appetite for wanting control, as Jacinda demon strated.
I’m just happy, I’m at the tail end of my life, and wont have to suffer all this Orwellian 1984 totalitarianism.
Well adios Boomer, thanks for the inflation and open borders 👋
You’re welcome!
They gonna force people to install the devices?
There will be massive push back against this once it is better realised what they intend to do