Bung from TfL

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Fri 16 Mar 2007 16:22
Bung from TfL - Lud
Well, hardly a bung, but a cheque for £10 arrived for me today from the Congestion Charging outfit. The covering letter says that 'we have waived the standard registration fee of £10'.

I don't remember any such waiver being mentioned in the original bumf. Still, a kickback of nearly five per cent is not unwelcome, and frankly I wouldn't have been any the wiser if someone had simply trousered it.

I am in danger of softening towards this enterprise. What I need is some really annoying, pointless, randomly gratuitous traffic congestion to stiffen my resolve. Got a damn good mind to go out for a drive.
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Fri 16 Mar 2007 16:47
Bung from TfL - mike hannon
lol. What you need, Lud, is an old Bentley so they can really get at you. ;-)
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Fri 16 Mar 2007 16:53
Bung from TfL - Lud
A vintage racing one mh.

Just imagine a roadside bounce test of the friction dampers... 'It doesn't seem to have any suspension movement at all Sarge...'
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Fri 16 Mar 2007 17:05
Bung from TfL - Pugugly {P}
....a hybrid gets in for nothing ! (sorry)
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Fri 16 Mar 2007 18:07
Bung from TfL - artful dodger {P}
>>I am in danger of softening towards this enterprise.

So they refund £10.00 of your money and you start to feel good about them.

Just remember how much you just paid and you will again next year, and the year after, and the year after, and the year after, and the year after, and the year after, and the year after, and the year after, etc., etc. The cost will probably rise over the years as well. In the future you will remember 2006, the last year you could drive in your area for the standard road fund licence fee.

As you have now paid twice to use the roads, why not go out and use them.



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Roger
A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.

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