gazza-uk

what a complet and utter con.

I was in Trafalger Square last week, which I entered after 11pm, I left the following morning at 8am, 2 weeks later I get a fine...

I left the Zone not entered it - this is such a scam, the ever bigger scam is the fact that you cant check on their website to see if you owe any congestion charge.

about time that fcukwit Livingston got the boot

fatherpierre

But you were in it at the specified time.

Welcome to London

I used to work on Fleet Street and along with 100s of other people after a night shift would drive like a nutter to get past the cameras at King's Cross before 630am.

There were some hairy moments and plenty of crashes around there - all to beat the £5 charge as it was then.

Odds on

Ah, but your £50 fine will be used to buy more of those double length buses, that don't fit in bus stops.

That way the back half can block any other traffic passing.

Thus allowing them to increase the congestion charge to help ease the situation.

Which funnily enough, will allow them to buy more of those poxy buses

fatherpierre

And those buses don't require people to pay as they have 3 on off points and no driver to pass who checks that you have paid.

The free bus, as they are commonly known.

Quality

Petem95

Damn right, the blokes a ******* tos$er - he acts in the interests of the scrounging immigrant scum who live in London, never in the interests of the hardworking Londoners who bring in the money - many of whom live outside the city.

fatherpierre

That's a very common thought in London.

Just look at the amount of true Londoners who leave every year to be replaced by non-UK incomers.

corradoboy

Why anyone in this day and age of hi-tech communications and excellent transport links wants to set up a business in a place like London bewilders me. Expensive property, expensive rates, expensive salaries There's plenty of small towns begging for companies to create jobs and offering incentives, locally and often from the EU. Cheap property, cheap rates, cheap people and backhanders on top. Let London decay. Hell, I don't even venture into Leeds city centre much and I'm only 4 miles from it. I can get all I want delivered to my door, usually cheaper. If they do a CC here that will be the end of it altogether, I would never set foot there again. As the business's close and the shoppers stop coming, where will the council get its money then

Sti_Prodrive

der is a way 2 get it for FREE at all times...........























































































































































BUT THAT WOULD B TELLING

gazza-uk

Please sign my petition on making congestion charge fairer

Petition to: Make Congestion Charging Fairer.

gpssti4

iTrader: (6)

done

SJ_Skyline

Stick some Lithuanian plates on your car

what would scooby do

Naw - just stick some Lithuanians over your plates. Give them an A-Z map and you get free sat nav

Jamie

lol

ChrisB

Last time I drove into London I paid my congestion charge before leaving.

Got a fine two weeks later at which point I'd noticed I'd got a single letter wrong on my reg plate - easily done as I'd only had the car a couple of days. I wrote back explaining I'd made an innocent mistake and enclosed a copy of my receipt.

Got a really snotty letter back saying they were going to let me off, but that I shouldn't make a mistake again. Sheesh, my apologies to London Transport for not being perfect

The online payment system should check your reg plate and could at worst say it exists, if not tell you what make/model of car is it (like the insurance/HPI checkers).

monotokpoint

turn your car into an ambulance - stretcher, nurse, 1st aid kit etc

StickyMicky

i know a few lads down that way who do mobile valeting and they just whacked the prices up to compensate for it

Jaybird-UK

Sorry but the fine sounds perfectly OK. You were inside the zone during the charge period.

And you can check the times on their on their website...

Prasius

iTrader: (1)

As someone who may be potentially living and working in central london next year...

Why, if your an able-bodied person, do you need to drive in Central London?

As someone from a rural area where walking a mile really isn't actually that far, I just don't understand why they just don't ban private cars from central london completely..


(waits to see people blow their tops.. )

OllyK

When you've spent 6 months trying to get around by bike, foot, tube or bus, you won't still be asking that question.

Proby521

iTrader: (1)

Congestion charge is a pain, I really need to drive straight in, I travel from Wolverhampton by car, straight in, onto appropriate construction site, inspect a machine/crane, drive back home. I would not fancy carrying my full harness/safety boots/jacket/gloves/paperwork/hardhat! and trying to read a map whilt riding my bike, or walking carrying it all. THATS WHY I NEED TO DRIVE IN. Rant over.

Proby

(especially not walking from Wolverhampton! I meant walk from train/tube)

OllyK

Indeed, fine if all you're carrying is a brolly and a copy of the guardian, for those that need to carry bulky items for their job, the tube isn't an option, even if it actually ran anything like on time. I'm amazed by a system that has trains evey 3 minutes and still manages to run 1/2 hour late.