The more expensive they make travelling by car, the more I'll do it.
Keeps the peasants off the roads you see.
Keeps the peasants off the roads you see.
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LOL - Thats absolutely fair enough DP, as long as you're willing to pay for it.Originally posted by DimPrawn"Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. "
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"Really? absolutely no other way? Well if thats the case then you've just got to pay"
To be fair I can get in by other means. It's just incredibly difficult. I wasn't trying to imply that a medical condition should somehow exempt me, just that that is the only reason I go through the zone (as it happens there is a system in place which allows the CC to be claimed back under these circumstances but I don't bother.)
"Errmmm is it not a sliding scale based on carbon emissions?"
It seemed to be "fudged" towards specific classes of vehicles. If that view is misguided (as seems likely) then it is not excessively targetted.
You are largely right about pricing. It's just a shame that in so many tplaces there isn't an option.Comment
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So you lot wouldnt mind my 4x4 behemoth as linked in a previous post as long as it was the greendiesel zero emmisions version?
http://www.greendieseltechnology.com/whatis.aspI am not qualified to give the above advice!
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Absolutely not - why should we?Originally posted by The Lone Gunman
Its precisely this sort of technology that will be demand driven (no pun intended) with the sort of charges that Ken is introducing.
"Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. "
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The way forward
"Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. "
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So why does London need a congestion charge? There is already a polution charge at the pumps! Some of the higher poluters compared against people carried are performance motor cycles and they are exempt the charge!Originally posted by RuprectAbsolutely not - why should we? Its precisely this sort of technology that will be demand driven (no pun intended) with the sort of charges that Ken is introducing.
The congestion charge is a cynical abuse of power to screw money out of people who have to drive. If it were anything other then there would be a traffic exclusion zone.I am not qualified to give the above advice!
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I think we should have a congestion charge tax. A tax levied on congestion charges. And a congestion levy. And then a congestion duty on top.
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"There is already a polution charge at the pumps!"
No there isn't. Not as far as I know. There is no directive that revenue generated for the government from tax on fuel is directly channeled into reducing pollution. As far as I know.
"The congestion charge is a cynical abuse of power to screw money out of people who have to drive. If it were anything other then there would be a traffic exclusion zone."
Nonsense. It is an initiative to try and reduce unneccessary road trips in one of the most congested cities in the world."Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. "
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If they really wanted to stop cars entering London, just make every driver submit a 42 page form at least 3 months prior to arrival.Comment
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