Recently Mayor Ken Livingston wanted to settle the dispute over the London
Eye by saying he'll take care of things himself if given control ......Does
that mean he'll add a congestion charge to every pod that has more than one
person in it much as he's done with the congestion charge in London?
Glen

--
I was an only child.....eventually!

"gay merrington" wrote in message
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Recently Mayor Ken Livingston wanted to settle the dispute over the London
Eye by saying he'll take care of things himself if given control
......Does
that mean he'll add a congestion charge to every pod that has more than
one
person in it much as he's done with the congestion charge in London?
Glen


Hu? The London Congestion charge is based on vehicle occupancy? I've never
heard that before.

In article ,
(JB) wrote:

The London Congestion charge is based on vehicle occupancy? I've
never heard that before.

Yup - if you drive a vehicle with only enough wheels and seats to carry
1 or 2 people, it's free.

--
Paul Cummins - Always a NetHead
Wasting Bandwidth since 1981

I'm Backing Blair - www.backingblair.co.uk

"Paul Cummins" wrote in message
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In article ,
(JB) wrote:

The London Congestion charge is based on vehicle occupancy? I've
never heard that before.

Yup - if you drive a vehicle with only enough wheels and seats to carry
1 or 2 people, it's free.


I hadn't thought about motorcycles I have to admit, but that's not the same
as vehicle occupancy. It's just that motorcycles are included as of the
exemptions.

"JB" wrote in message
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"gay merrington" wrote in message
...
Recently Mayor Ken Livingston wanted to settle the dispute over the
London
Eye by saying he'll take care of things himself if given control
......Does
that mean he'll add a congestion charge to every pod that has more than
one
person in it much as he's done with the congestion charge in London?
Glen


Hu? The London Congestion charge is based on vehicle occupancy? I've
never heard that before.


Neither have I.
As far as I was aware, it was based on the vehicle.

"Geordie the Forgery" wrote in message
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"JB" wrote in message
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"gay merrington" wrote in message
...
Recently Mayor Ken Livingston wanted to settle the dispute over the
London
Eye by saying he'll take care of things himself if given control
......Does
that mean he'll add a congestion charge to every pod that has more than
one
person in it much as he's done with the congestion charge in London?
Glen


Hu? The London Congestion charge is based on vehicle occupancy? I've
never heard that before.


Neither have I.
As far as I was aware, it was based on the vehicle.


PS
What is this doing on :-
uk.rec.humour?

(Apart from the fact that London Transport *IS* a joke!)

In article ,
(JB) wrote:

"Paul Cummins" wrote in message
...
In article ,
(JB) wrote:

The London Congestion charge is based on vehicle occupancy? I've
never heard that before.

Yup - if you drive a vehicle with only enough wheels and seats to
carry 1 or 2 people, it's free.

I hadn't thought about motorcycles I have to admit, but that's not the
same as vehicle occupancy. It's just that motorcycles are included as
of the exemptions.

Isn't that as much the difficulty of using the chosen enforcement system
on motorbikes as any wish to encourage them?

--
Colin Rosenstiel

On Sun, 5 Jun 2005 22:41:05 +0000 (UTC), "Geordie the Forgery"
wrote:

PS
What is this doing on :-
uk.rec.humour?

I suspect the OP thought he was being funny.

[FU set, which should give a clue as to how funny I think the first
post was.]

"JB" wrote in message
...

"gay merrington" wrote in message
...
Recently Mayor Ken Livingston wanted to settle the dispute over the
London
Eye by saying he'll take care of things himself if given control
......Does
that mean he'll add a congestion charge to every pod that has more than
one
person in it much as he's done with the congestion charge in London?
Glen


Hu? The London Congestion charge is based on vehicle occupancy? I've
never
heard that before.

No it isnt based on occupancy...it is based on screwing the car owner for as
much as possible.

In article ,
(Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:

Isn't that as much the difficulty of using the chosen enforcement
system on motorbikes as any wish to encourage them?

A motorcycle can carry as much luggage as a small car, and 2 people, in
1/4 the road space.

Thus 4 motorcycles, carrying a minimum of 4 people, can fit in the same
space as 1 car.

--
Paul Cummins - Always a NetHead
Wasting Bandwidth since 1981

I'm Backing Blair - www.backingblair.co.uk