Congestion Charge 24hr window - please help break this down for me!

Aylesbury_Duck

steedoc wrote: »

I typed in "congestion charge", which seems like a perfectly reasonable form of research, into google and the information that comes up doesn't mention the payment window.

You are unfortunate with your googling Steve, you never seem to get everything you need on the first result and you don't have the teeniest bit of tenacity to look a little further.

How's the campaign to address the system going? You said the current system wouldn't be around much longer and I have an appointment in London myself next week. A progress update would be helpful.

Dean000000

I won’t bother to try and explain the error of your ways then....

Instead, I’m gonna sit back and find a way to spend the £80 I have earned today by paying my congestion charge within the permitted timescales.

So long....

steedoc

Dean000000 wrote: »

I won’t bother to try and explain the error of your ways then....

Instead, I’m gonna sit back and find a way to spend the £80 I have earned today by paying my congestion charge within the permitted timescales.

So long....

You didn't bother to read my complaint properly, you clearly didn't understand my objection, so I don't see why I should waste time arguing about something irrelevant

unforeseen

steedoc wrote: »

...... I don't see why I should waste time arguing about something irrelevant

I think a lot of responders on this thread have come to the same decision about your 'problem'

Dean000000

Yeah - and what are the odds but all of us are wrong too!

I wish I was as enlightened!

Scrapit

steedoc wrote: »

Dear Forum,

I am outraged AND utterly furious that I cannot pay my London congestion charge, only 30hrs after I was in London for the first time.

I have learned that I will be sent a penalty for £160 (reducible to £80), and there is nothing I can do to pay my congestion charge.

This is obscene bad faith on the part of TFL, they are making a fortune from first-time users of the service, who are trying to pay within a reasonable time frame (ie 2-3 days).

There is no good reason they shouldn't make the window 2 or 3 days, and have clearly established this tiny unreasonable window to maximise revenue from penalties.

Their defense will be that they 'have to set a line somewhere', but clearly 24hrs is far too tight --- and of course when you know about this unreasonable and restrictive time frame you are happy - and it seems to make perfect sense - but for every first timer it is an outrage and an expensive lesson.

This £160 fine is not so much a penalty change, but a BLANKET charge for any reasonably minded person who is using the service for the first time.

It's an outrage and it has to stop.

Or am i missing something?

Appreciate your thoughts.

Steve

If you don't pay within 1 day why would you in 3?

Aylesbury_Duck

Scrapit wrote: »

If you don't pay within 1 day why would you in 3?

You're wasting your time. steedoc started this thread by saying:

steedoc wrote:

...am i missing something?

to which the vast majority of 147 posts over several pages answered "yes", and:

steedoc wrote:

Appreciate your thoughts.

which is clearly untrue, unless our thoughts are in tune with his.

Scrapit

Aylesbury_Duck wrote: »

You're wasting your time. steedoc started this thread by saying:


to which the vast majority of 147 posts over several pages answered "yes", and:

which is clearly untrue, unless our thoughts are in tune with his.

Clearly. It's like they think it's unfair and no one ever manages to use the system in the metropolis on a daily basis;)

steedoc

Scrapit wrote: »

If you don't pay within 1 day why would you in 3?

Because that gives you time to get home, turn on the computer and tap in your credit card? duh

Dean000000

Scrapit wrote: »

If you don't pay within 1 day why would you in 3?

Yeah duh brain! Everyone knows it takes at least 2 days to log onto the internet and do stuff like that.