Congestion Charge :(

adouglasmhor

All previous stuff aside it is not a fine it's a civic penalty charge from a private contractor. A fine suggests a criminal act and it's not that at all.

dacouch

If it makes you feel any better, it's actually an "Administrative Techinical Error" according to Barroness Scotland...

http://www.wikio.co.uk/video/1688751

adouglasmhor

dacouch wrote: »

If it makes you feel any better, it's actually an "Administrative Techinical Error" according to Barroness Scotland...

http://www.wikio.co.uk/video/1688751

I can't see the vid from here but is it newspeak for doubleplusungood?

dacouch

adouglasmhor wrote: »

I can't see the vid from here but is it newspeak for doubleplusungood?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYGPw3uNEEw

adouglasmhor

Sorry all multimedia is blocked here. I will see it later on.

Shafted_2

Nice attitude from someone so self-righteous.

adouglasmhor wrote: »

Every day is a holiday when you work for the "Cooncil" at least until the Tories get in :rotfl:

adouglasmhor

Shafted wrote: »

Nice attitude from someone so self-righteous.

I was joking (see smiley),
I left work late every day last week and was in early all but one of them, I have short lunch breaks and I still like my job. Much like other public sector employees, teachers, carers, lecturers it not just about the job it's the service users. I do get a bit of leeway about other things though (using the net at breaks etc.) I am not playing the martyr here.

Shafted_2

Must have a hell of a lot of breaks. Explain's why you are so supportive of this bit of extortion, more money for the 'administrators'.

adouglasmhor

I am supposed to get 1 and a half hours per day, 30 mins paid 60 mins unpaid, one day I got it. Can't say I support toll zone charging at all though, just pragmatic enough to know there is no way to avoid paying it once it's implemented.

At least it has a reasonable pension though once I leave.

vikingaero

Fork86 wrote: »

I do have to empathise somewhat with the OP. Not entirely, but just imagine what it is like for those who aren't acquainted with technology like we are? I dread to think how my mum would cope driving into London. She would have absolutely no idea about how to pay the congestion charge or that you would incur such a quick penalty for not paying within 2 days.

Someone said that the charge is more complex than a simple toll. That I agree with. But as the system is automatic, surely there should be some leeway in terms of extending the time in which a penalty is issued. Otherwise there SHOULD be signs EXPLAINING the amount of time one has to pay before incurring a hefty penalty... Something simple like;

'Failure to pay the congestion charge within 2 days of entry will result in atleast a £60 penalty'.

But ofcourse, this wouldn't make TFL as much money, and they assume everyone will have access to the internet or a mobile phone to find out about these things.

Other than the incident with the garage, my dad and I have fortunately never had any issues with paying the C charge on the day before midnight is up (as it is quite simple to pay online).

Actually TFL have given more leeway! :eek: When the charge was first introduced at £5, you had to pay it by 10pm or it went up to £8 (I think). Failure to pay by midnight was an automatic £60 fine. I lost count of the number of times I'd wake up at 2am, with something bugging me, and then realising I forgot to pay.

At least now you effectively have 2 days to pay it at £10.