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Old November 30th 03, 08:33 AM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.legal
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Default Legal challenges and congestion charging for 30 second journey leaving zone?


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In message , Steve
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Yes, that was the point of the charge, i.e. to increase the movement of
transport in the zone. To argue that because the road was clear you

should
not pay is nonsensical.


I'm arguing that it's inequitable for me to pay the whole charge to
drive a very short distance (on a road that pre-congestion-charge was
just as empty) as someone who is using the central roads all day.
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If leeway was given to people going a hundred yards inside the zone then the
people going two hundred yards would whinge. If the rules were relaxed to
allow them to get away with it that means that the zone is reduced in size.
The people a hundred yards inside that boundary would also whinge and the
boundary gets moved again and eventually we end up with the original
situation.

All such measures are inequitable to some. However in order to resolve a
problem a line has to be drawn somewhere, that line was drawn at a given
point on the ground and made obvious to all. You crossed it knowingly.



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that line was drawn at a given
point on the ground and made obvious to all. You crossed it knowingly.


sigh Yes, London is full GO AWAY. (And I have).
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