| PCN 14:27 - Feb 12 with 3198 views | ted_hendrix |
That's It an effing PENALTY CHARGE NOTICE not one but two, for the last 4/5 Years I've been driving down the same road In Oxford to a certain hospital and parking in one of the disabled parking bays and exhibiting my disabled 'Blue Badge' In the screen, this on the advice of one of the Nurses.
Never ever been a problem In fact It's been a godsend.
On the 30th January I did exactly that and innocently drove down the same old road and parked In the same old car park and displayed the same old blue badge whilst parking In the same old car park happy In the knowledge that I had done nothing Illegal.
But no, Oh no somehow I have been Issued two Penalty Notice Charges, One for driving In a congestion charge area and one for parking In a car park that I've parked In many-many times as It's free for Blue badge holders.
I seriously had no Idea that a congestion charge had been extended and that I was no longer allowed to park and display my blue badge (FOC), I guarantee you I would happily pay parking charges but I've never had too.
I give up I fcking well give up and the reason being there Is no way to contest these charges although I've tried.
I've paid up £90 this morning, nobody to talk too who Issue these fines.
I've done my time for this Country, never unemployed worked since the age of Sixteen, I don't want or take any benefits from anyone, I have a clean driving licence all my life.
But I've driven down a road that all of a sudden has become part of the congestion area and I've parked In a car park that all of a sudden Is a no go area, I promise you no signs have been erected saying congestion area and no signs In the hospital disabled car park.
What the hell Is going On? time was you could pick up the phone and talk to someone, now you have to go on line and talk to a bastard keyboard and you better be quick or you'll be logged out due to Inactivity (you know sitting there for a few seconds thinking before answering).
Honestly what on earth Is the bloody point.
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| PCN on 15:17 - Feb 27 with 225 views | francisbowles |
| PCN on 21:57 - Feb 12 by SimonJames |
I went through the Blackwall Tunnel in November, for the first time since they started charging for it.
Went on the TFL website to pay and got an error message when I tried to sign up for Auto Pay.
Continued to get an error message every time I tried for the next two days.
Finally rang a number and was told that I was too late to pay the £4 charge and they had now sent me a PCN for £180!!!!!!!!!!
London Mayor and his cronies are taking the piss.
I challenged the PCN and got a 5 page explanation letter back (twice) from Donna Milton telling me why TFL were rejecting my appeal.
I wrote back to Ms Milton and said that I must not have explained well enough that their website was at fault.
They then sent me a 6 page letter saying that they were still rejecting my appeal and that I should pay up £180.
So on 17 Jan I sent an appeal to London Tribunals Adjudicators (with a video walk-thru of the TFL website f***ing up).
They gave me a virtual court date of 13 Feb.
On 31 Jan I got a letter saying that TFL will not contest that appeal and will pay any further costs.
This is how they are wasting your congestion charges revenue. Clown show!
Later I got a letter from the people who had previously sent me a total of eleven pages of reasons why they were rejecting my appeal.
They wrote this gibberish "We have reviewed the issue of the PCN and the handling of your representation. As a result it has come to our attention that an administrative error occured in the processing of the representation... we have decided that the appeal can be non contested and the PCN can be cancelled and no further action taken. We apologise for any inconvenience..." |
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