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Originally posted by mattster View Post
I drove through a couple of weeks ago for the first time in years (I'm originally from there). The amount of traffic regulations now is bordering on the surreal - bus lanes operating at different times, starting and stopping all over the place, 20mph zones, ULEZ at different times, neighbourhoods near my Dad's with total traffic bans (including residents) for various hours of the day, no parking or (app) paid parking almost everywhere. My Google maps camera alarm was going off every few seconds and I think the chances of me not getting some infraction notification through the door in the next couple of weeks are slim. You'd have to be mad to drive there now (this is clearly a war on cars - maybe not a bad thing), but it wasn't cyclists that were the problem.
It is a war on cars (and vehicles in general) and no I don't think cyclists or cycle lanes are the real problem. It's one of the few remaining revenue raising tricks Sadiq Khan't has left and he's going to milk it.His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...Comment
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Originally posted by mattster View Post
no parking or (app) paid parking almost everywhere. My Google maps camera alarm was going off every few seconds and I think the chances of me not getting some infraction notification through the door in the next couple of weeks are slim. You'd have to be mad to drive there now (this is clearly a war on cars - maybe not a bad thing), but it wasn't cyclists that were the problem.
Then the scammers started screwing around with the card ones so some boroughs have phrased them out, while others warn you by hints to only wave your card over when paying and not to put it in the machine unless you want your bank account emptied.
Oh and those apps are annoying as you need to work out which borough you are parking in, then download the right app and register an account before you start your journey.
In regards to two wheels:
- if you have an expensive bike you risk being knocked off it while riding and it's stolen with threats of violence - if you have a cheaper bike you risk it being stolen when you lock it up
- if you have a cheap crap of a bike you have to hope no drunk idiot goes pass and decides to destroy it when it is locked up
"You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by Mordac View Post
ULEZ is 24/7/365. It doesn't help that our borough tip is just (and I mean yards) inside the South Circular. It's not been that widely publicised but when everyone with a 10 year old diesel tries to go there and gets a £100 fine for the privilege we'll see a mahoosive increase in fly-tipping. And if you live in Notting Hill and want a basement gym and cinema, or a loft conversion to stick granny in, it's going to take twice as long, as your builder will be spending 4 hours a day in traffic, and you'll be paying his £12.50 daily pollution charge, soon to be £50 as TfL runs out of money (again).
It is a war on cars (and vehicles in general) and no I don't think cyclists or cycle lanes are the real problem. It's one of the few remaining revenue raising tricks Sadiq Khan't has left and he's going to milk it.
https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/pressrelease...e.aspx?id=6558Comment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostThere have been loads of thieves playing around with coin based parking meters so the boroughs have phrased them out.
Then the scammers started screwing around with the card ones so some boroughs have phrased them out, while others warn you by hints to only wave your card over when paying and not to put it in the machine unless you want your bank account emptied.
Oh and those apps are annoying as you need to work out which borough you are parking in, then download the right app and register an account before you start your journey.
In regards to two wheels:
- if you have an expensive bike you risk being knocked off it while riding and it's stolen with threats of violence - if you have a cheaper bike you risk it being stolen when you lock it up
- if you have a cheap crap of a bike you have to hope no drunk idiot goes pass and decides to destroy it when it is locked up
It's not even as if most office wallies need to commute to work now, when most can work from home and so could just as well live in the Outer Hebrides.
Oh I forgot, think of all the opera and art galleries!Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ hereComment
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
Why most Londoners, especially long-suffering car owners, want to carry on living there now I can't begin to imagine!
It's not even as if most office wallies need to commute to work now, when most can work from home and so could just as well live in the Outer Hebrides.
Oh I forgot, think of all the opera and art galleries!Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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I drove to London a couple of months ago, and later received a letter warning me that I had been in a Low Emission zone, with the implication I had done something wrong.bloggoth
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
Why most Londoners, especially long-suffering car owners, want to carry on living there now I can't begin to imagine!
It's not even as if most office wallies need to commute to work now, when most can work from home and so could just as well live in the Outer Hebrides.
Oh I forgot, think of all the opera and art galleries!
You walk for short journeys. It's actually quicker than taking public transport.
You cycle for slightly longer ones if you can find a safe space to leave your bike e.g. somewhere inside OR hire a Santander bike.
That's unless you have a scooter/moped/e-scooter.
You drive to do large amounts of shopping, to obtain/get rid of bulky goods or to do things outside London.
BTW - https://www.standard.co.uk/news/lond...n-b970956.html
E-scooters are banned from ALL public transport in London and you get a £1,000 fine if caught taking one on it."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
You don't drive into London. You use public transport.
If you're visiting, use a taxi. Suitcases don't work with escalators.
If you're transporting stuff around, you use a taxi if the client is paying. If you can't get a client to pay, you drive, because it's a one-off charge of £15 and you get London to yourself all day. So you make the most of it.His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...Comment
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