The Daily Telegraph has published a good article on the problems associated with enforcement of the ULEZ scheme. It particularly affects foreign drivers. To quote from the article:

“It isn’t just Londoners or even British people who are being stung by the new scheme. Many European motorists have been handed extortionately high fines – some as high as £11,000 – due to errors in their paperwork. These drivers (usually of compliant vehicles) neglected to add their information to a data portal run by the enforcement agency Euro Parking Collection, an omission that TfL seems to think merits a five-figure financial penalty”.

All ULEZ and CAZ schemes suffer from the same problems. They rely on technology working and drivers being aware of the regulations, neither of which is often true. And enforcement raises more money than the legal charges so there is no incentive on operators to ensure they are working properly.

The ULEZ system and all the associated charging and fine structure should be removed, along with Sadiq Khan and the senior management of TfL who have enabled this money-making scheme to be imposed.

See Telegraph article here:  https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/02/29/ulez-sadiq-khan-london-ultra-low-emission-zone/

Roger Lawson

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