http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/
Petition Tony Blair, and get as many people as possible to back you up. I doubt he reads even the most popular ones, they’ll all be handled by some flunky, but it feels like being part of the decision making process.
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/IDcards/ Back the scrapping of ID cards. Closes soon, so make your voice heard.
Less seriously- http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Sextoysandcigars/ cut the tax on sex toys, lingerie and cigars. You have until Sunday to back this one.
Not sure if this one’s serious or not – http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/TheAlcopopBill/. "Force the manufacturers of Alco-pops include a high dose fertility control hormone in order to reduce the rate of un-planned teenage pregnancies in the UK"
I’m got an idea for a petition. Something along the lines of "Introduce a Cycling Proficiency style test for children and adults to make them more confident and competent on the road. This will be voluntary except for- bus and taxi drivers, officials with responsibilities for transport, those guilty of certain driving offences and motoring journalists. Include a section on cycle craft into the driving test which will be waived for any learner who has passed Cycling Proficiency in the last five years. This will make motorists more aware of other road users, improve the safety of cyclists on our roads and hopefully increase the number of people using bikes."
About the Cycling Proficiency test,
I remember doing this at primary school. It was offered free but there was only 15 places for a class of 30. Very unfair. Though I always wondered what the point of learning the hand signals for stopping, slowing down etc… if you didn’t have to know them to pass your driving test- whats the point of hand signals for cyclists to tell drivers what they’re going to do when the drivers don’t know what they mean???