Congestion Charge :(

adouglasmhor

I didn't post pictures I quoted a post with pictures, and you are right I did not draw your attention to the 6.30 one what a shame never mind see post above this. Also I am a Local government officer not a local Administration officer, maybe you are confusing an English designation with my Scots one?

You will be paying the charge anyway so it doesn't mean much.

dacouch

The central zone that you have entered charges from 7am until 6pm.

If you turned off the Euston Road and onto Gower Road to get to UCL there are approximately 3 signs plus warning markings on the road that you are about to enter a charging zone in Gower Road alone. You then have signs advising you that you are actually entering the charging zone

Fork86

I have to agree that it is nigh on impossible to miss the signs, especially around euston as it is plastered with 'C' signs and paint.

One thing I do not agree with though is the automatic penalty on the third day of none payment. The policy must be revised to allow TFL to send a letter to the registered address of the vehicle to first ask for the higher £10 charge, preferably allowing around a week, and if it is not received within the next week, a fine of £60 would be levied.

It is quite patent that the penalty is purely there for financial benefit.

I remember when I left my car at a garage in EAST LONDON for repairs to be undertaken at a cost of £300. Having taken the car for a week to see if they had fixed the problem that they failed to fix before, I was graced with a £60 penalty notice for entering the congestion charge on a day that my car was supposed to be present with the garage.

Needless to say TFL didn't give a s**t that I didn't know the car was being driven around central London (as I thought it was in east london), and said I was liable to pay the fine as it was my car, and that if I didn't, they would seek other methods of recovering their money.

The penalty rose to £120, and the garage refused to contribute anything more than the £60.00 towards the charge as they said it was my fault the fine doubled as I hadn't contacted them in time.

Needless to say, I paid the garage £180 out of £300 for the work on my car and paid TFL the £120 that would have gone to the garage. I explained to them that firstly, they had no right to actually drive my car half way across London without my permission, and that they were lucky I didn't report them to the authorities. Secondly, they should have paid the charge in the first place.

They had no comeback and the matter is now finished.

Again, I stress that it is utterly ridiculous that TFL don't send out reminders for payment of the actual congestion charge first before seeking a penalty payment as many people won't know they need to pay till it is too late! I would have actually paid the 8/10 quid charge myself to save the hassle with the garage, but TFL were just being greedy ar*eholes.

adouglasmhor

Shafted wrote: »

leech 1 (lch)
n. 1. Any of various chiefly aquatic bloodsucking or carnivorous annelid worms of the class Hirudinea, of which one species (Hirudo medicinalis) was formerly used by physicians to bleed patients and is now sometimes used as a temporary aid to circulation during surgical reattachment of a body part.
2. One that preys on or clings to another; a parasite.
3. Archaic A physician.

v. leeched, leech·ing, leech·es
v.tr. 1. To bleed with leeches.
2. To drain the essence or exhaust the resources of.


LGO :rotfl: Don't you mean Local Administration Officer? No wonder Local Government is in its death throes!

!!!!!! - All I did was ask for advice and I get castigated for being poor. Not everyone measures success by money you know.

Nice; comparing your students to bloodsucking invertebrates (reaffirms my opinion of your conduct and action though). I honestly thought you had used the wrong word and meant leached.


leach (lch)
v. leached, leach·ing, leach·es
v.tr.
1. To remove soluble or other constituents from by the action of a percolating liquid.
2. To empty; drain: "a world leached of pleasure, voided of meaning" (Marilynne Robinson).
v.intr.
To be dissolved or passed out by a percolating liquid.
n.
1. The act or process of leaching.
2. A porous, perforated, or sievelike vessel that holds material to be leached.
3. The substance through which a liquid is leached.
[From Middle English leche, leachate, from Old English *lece, muddy stream; akin to leccan, to moisten.]
leacha·bili·ty n.
leacha·ble adj.
leacher n.

chalkie99

Coblcris wrote: »

I strongly deprecate the quoted post.

Do NOT ignore TfL Penalties.

If you have no sense of humour at all, the smiley icons are there to guide you. :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Shafted wrote: »

Thanks for the advice. It's good that some can give objective advice without spouting nonsense.

I bet your students have had some fun at your expense over the years eh? :rotfl:

There is a certain sort of person that thinks if they repeat something often enough then it will become true despite the facts being clear.

Shafted_2

More assumptions / misinterpretation. I'm beginning to think it was your wife I ended up with in Clatty Pattys.

adouglasmhor wrote: »

Nice; comparing your students to bloodsucking invertebrates (reaffirms my opinion of your conduct and action though). I honestly thought you had used the wrong word and meant leached.


leach (lch)
v. leached, leach·ing, leach·es
v.tr.
1. To remove soluble or other constituents from by the action of a percolating liquid.
2. To empty; drain: "a world leached of pleasure, voided of meaning" (Marilynne Robinson).
v.intr.
To be dissolved or passed out by a percolating liquid.
n.
1. The act or process of leaching.
2. A porous, perforated, or sievelike vessel that holds material to be leached.
3. The substance through which a liquid is leached.
[From Middle English leche, leachate, from Old English *lece, muddy stream; akin to leccan, to moisten.]
leacha·bili·ty n.
leacha·ble adj.
leacher n.

Shafted_2

?? more nonsensical remarks ??

chalkie99 wrote: »

If you have no sense of humour at all, the smiley icons are there to guide you. :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:




I bet your students have had some fun at your expense over the years eh? :rotfl:

There is a certain sort of person that thinks if they repeat something often enough then it will become true despite the facts being clear.

adouglasmhor

Shafted wrote: »

More assumptions / misinterpretation. I'm beginning to think it was your wife I ended up with in Clatty Pattys.

Very much doubt it she has always had high standards and it's not been called Clatty Pat's for some considerable time. Never ever heard anyone call it Clatty Pattys is that Polari or something?

Edited to add unless of course she was their in the course of her employment as a special care worker in the forensic service of a large mental health charity and you were the service user - that would explain a lot.

Shafted_2

Thanks for the comments. We did get lost though and when we got near Euston we were concerned about being on time as we were running late. When we went found parking near Gower Street it was £9.60 for 2 hrs and I actually thought at the time this extortionate charge might be something to do with congestion zone. As you quite rightly say - the penalty chage is scandalous.

BTW I've showed this thread, to a few people and they are gobsmacked at the self righteous attitude of most.

Fork86 wrote: »

I have to agree that it is nigh on impossible to miss the signs, especially around euston as it is plastered with 'C' signs and paint.

One thing I do not agree with though is the automatic penalty on the third day of none payment. The policy must be revised to allow TFL to send a letter to the registered address of the vehicle to first ask for the higher £10 charge, preferably allowing around a week, and if it is not received within the next week, a fine of £60 would be levied.

It is quite patent that the penalty is purely there for financial benefit.

I remember when I left my car at a garage in EAST LONDON for repairs to be undertaken at a cost of £300. Having taken the car for a week to see if they had fixed the problem that they failed to fix before, I was graced with a £60 penalty notice for entering the congestion charge on a day that my car was supposed to be present with the garage.

Needless to say TFL didn't give a s**t that I didn't know the car was being driven around central London (as I thought it was in east london), and said I was liable to pay the fine as it was my car, and that if I didn't, they would seek other methods of recovering their money.

The penalty rose to £120, and the garage refused to contribute anything more than the £60.00 towards the charge as they said it was my fault the fine doubled as I hadn't contacted them in time.

Needless to say, I paid the garage £180 out of £300 for the work on my car and paid TFL the £120 that would have gone to the garage. I explained to them that firstly, they had no right to actually drive my car half way across London without my permission, and that they were lucky I didn't report them to the authorities. Secondly, they should have paid the charge in the first place.

They had no comeback and the matter is now finished.

Again, I stress that it is utterly ridiculous that TFL don't send out reminders for payment of the actual congestion charge first before seeking a penalty payment as many people won't know they need to pay till it is too late! I would have actually paid the 8/10 quid charge myself to save the hassle with the garage, but TFL were just being greedy ar*eholes.

DrScotsman

Shafted, if you're so confident that there weren't absolutely loads of signs

1. Go onto Google Maps
2. Type in the journey you took
3. Double check it is the one you took
4. Click the "link" button
5. Copy and paste the link here

I'm sure you wouldn't mind some of us looking at your journey using Google Streetview and seeing how many signs there are, would you?

BTW I've showed this thread, to a few people and they are gobsmacked at the self righteous attitude of most.

I too asked some of my friends who I was pretty sure would agree with me what they thought. :rolleyes: