BBC News : Congestion charges face legal challenge

Roland Perry roland at linx.net
Wed, 17 Jul 2002 21:39:44 +0100


In message <3D35ACFE.6201.1AAE7EA@localhost>, David Hansen 
<davidh@spidacom.co.uk> writes
>We have road tolling here, on the Forth Road Bridge. There is not a
>steady stream of stories from the bridge board about people who claim
>they didn't know there is a toll (for all vehicles, except for the
>exempt ones), not even "daft foreigners".

Yes, and at the Dartford Tunnel. However, such arrangements are several 
orders of magnitude more visible than the circumstances I described [1] 
(perhaps you've forgotten). The approach road in question, in a very 
built up area, is only just wide enough to be 2 lanes - one of which 
will peel off for free, the other into the charging area.

[1] "there's an anonymous looking Y junction on a one-way system where 
if you happen to turn left rather than right you'll be due to pay."
-- 
Roland Perry