Severn bridge toll question/help please ?

zartub

I went over the severn bridge toll & my debit card would not work on

any machine ( even the automatic one ) so as i had no cash on me was

given a NON PAYING ticket & had to put my car reg & name /address

on it & told i have 7 days to pay. There was no online facility on the

ticket to pay so as the form said sent a cheque for the amount of the toll

£6, Today i come back from holiday to find a demand letter from the company running this bridge for non payment but its for £91 :eek:. saying

pay now yada yada yada the usual rubbish. I have checked my account

& the cheque i sent has not yet been cashed ( 3 weeks ago i sent it )

This nothing short of extortion & now realize like a fool i should of

recorded delivered the cheque i sent. My question is do anyone know if

i have to pay this ? is it enforceable ?


thanks for your help.

taffy056

Not quite sure on that to be honest, can you tell us if it says penalty or fine on the letter ? Does mention county court or small claims on there ?

Regarding your post, why you got a gap between each sentence ? Makes it difficult to read.

HO87

Failure to pay the toll without reasonable excuse is an offence. The bridge owners are entitled to recover the costs of the unpaid toll together with a reasonable sum to cover their costs - Severn Bridges Act 1992

Jeff_Bridges_hair

Dont mean to sound rude but this is the problem of paying by cheque. My ex used to be the same - you just dont know if they have recieved it or not.

Not that I would imply that the operators of the Severn tunnel would ever just ditch payment so they could elicit a penalty but hey, you never know.

always by card.Or at least signed for delivery.