abo
Guru
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[OT] Huge Congestion Charge Bill
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abo
Guru
- Location
- Stockton on Tees
Yeah a tenner a day is a lot. Last time I drove in the zone it was a fiver (or 7, something like that), it was ages ago. It was the reason why I started staying in the Metropole instead of the Marriott off Edgeware Road; the latter was *just* inside the zone and my employer decided that we couldn't claim it back for some reason (they relented after a while). But then it *is* supposed to be a discouragement for people to drive, but since I don't live down there I can't see for myself whether it is effective or not.
I miss doing the odd bit of work down there, I'd like to give one of Boris' machines a spin
I miss doing the odd bit of work down there, I'd like to give one of Boris' machines a spin
clarion
Squire
- Location
- Exiled from Hyperborea
It's a bargain, and not a tax at all.
I believe that Livingstone called the US Ambassador a 'chiselling little crook' for trying to weasel out of paying. I would agree.
I believe that Livingstone called the US Ambassador a 'chiselling little crook' for trying to weasel out of paying. I would agree.
arallsopp
Post of The Year 2009 winner
- Location
- Bromley, Kent
Who cares if they pay the charge or not? What I want to know is whether they'll pay the *fine*! 
£5.5 million in charges is 687,500 incursions at £8 a pop (I know its more now, but I figure they've been at this for a while).
TFL would tell you or I that "any vehicle recorded as having been in the zone during charging hours but where no daily charge has been paid by midnight the following charging day must pay a penalty charge."
I reckon 24 hour reduction is up for most of the 687k too, so its the full £120 they owe...
(Runs off to do the math....)
£82,500,000
£5.5 million in charges is 687,500 incursions at £8 a pop (I know its more now, but I figure they've been at this for a while).
TFL would tell you or I that "any vehicle recorded as having been in the zone during charging hours but where no daily charge has been paid by midnight the following charging day must pay a penalty charge."
I reckon 24 hour reduction is up for most of the 687k too, so its the full £120 they owe...
(Runs off to do the math....)
£82,500,000
It's a bloody rip off if you can do it for free. Saying that, I live up 'norf, so i don't have any experience of it.
I would say it's a tax purely because the UK Government is charging to use the roads within the zone. To me that is a tax.
On related note, wasn't the reason UK doesn't want to raise FPNs for bad driving that it would increase the number of people not paying them? My jaw dropped, I thought it was a fine, not a service charge.Who cares if they pay the charge or not? What I want to know is whether they'll pay the *fine*!