iandouglas Posted March 28, 2015 Posted March 28, 2015 from September 7, 2020 motorcycles made before 2007 will have to pay a £12.50 daily charge to enter central London - 5.5 yrs from now http://www.mcforum.co.uk/topic/2295-visordown-1250-london-motorcycle-toll-approved/ talking of polution, tell you what is really unpleasant, following a builders truck through the blackwall tunnell, dust/grit/rubbish swirling about. 1
Variomatic Posted March 28, 2015 Posted March 28, 2015 Ohh for fuck sake that's utterly ridiulous. £12.50!? What option are they going to give people? A LOT of peoiple have bikes as there only mode of transport, what is the alternative for them? Sudden;ly have to buy a new bike? Use the unimaginably expensive public transport? Walk the 15-20 mile trip each day? NO, if they want to impose such a ridiculously expensive tax, they have to provide an equally inexpensive way of getting around for the people they will fuck over. 2
Toutsuite Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 Oh fuck your soul Boris! First it was motorbikes can't use the bike box at the lights (yeah try and enforce that you toff twat), and now this... And 24/7 as well? Fucking hell. Guess I'll have to replace the CB500 in five years time.
Noise Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 This is bollocks, thank god i don't live there. £12.50 is a bonkers price I'd hate to imaging how much they charge a lorry or coach.....................bet they are free or the same price!!
Moderator mervin Posted April 2, 2015 Moderator Posted April 2, 2015 Already in force for the Low emission zone , DAILY charges are . and you still have to pay the congestion charge Larger vans - Motorised horseboxes 4x4 light utility vehicles Pick-ups Other specialist vehicles 1.205 tonnes unladen £100 Motor caravans - Ambulances 2.5 - 3.5 tonnes gross vehicle weight £100 Minibuses (with more than 8 passenger seats) 5 tonnes or less gross vehicle weight £100 Lorries - Goods vehicles Motor caravans Motorised horseboxes Breakdown and recovery vehicles Snow ploughs Gritters Refuse collection vehicles Road sweepers Concrete mixers Tippers Fire engines Removals lorries Other specialist vehicles More than 3.5 tonnes gross vehicle weight £200 Buses Coaches (with more than 8 passenger seats) More than 5 tonnes gross vehicle weight £200
AndrewElvisFan Posted April 3, 2015 Posted April 3, 2015 https://www.tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/congestion-charge/discounts-and-exemptions#on-this-page-1 Is this out of date then?
meatloaf Posted April 3, 2015 Posted April 3, 2015 I personally don't like riding in big towns let alone cities and avoid them like the plague I also can't stand motorways and only use them if I really have to so they can pull bike tolls in cities and motorways and it won't affect me but it is still so totally wrong when there are so many good reasons to welcome bikes on the roads instead of cages.
Moderator Cynic Posted April 3, 2015 Moderator Posted April 3, 2015 Its a nothing but politics smoke (pun intended) and mirrors move. Really how many people have bikes that will travel into central London, like central, central London. That are 14 years old now. Exactly not many. The income of those that do, exactly they wont care. Net result its a nothing they can dump or modify as needed. I for 1 can say I have NO interest in riding round that shit hole. Full of arrogant drivers and most of it stinks of food or rubbish. 1
bippo Posted April 3, 2015 Posted April 3, 2015 I have to agree with Cynic, all I see are new bikes when I commute into Central London. For a while my daily commute on the bike was Fleet Street. Now I just go there occasionally - thankfully! Absolutely hate the ride, mind!
blackhat250 Posted April 3, 2015 Posted April 3, 2015 Hee " Jason, that's our Capital you speak so lowly of, I would like to know who thinks it up these rules, Glad I got my visit in ,
Moderator Cynic Posted April 4, 2015 Moderator Posted April 4, 2015 John, your not the one having to work in the rat hole. Pop in for a visit, fine, for the tourists (for which 12 quid is an inconvenience but little else considering it wont buy you a pub lunch in the sq mile.) but unless your soaking up the historic parts or museums it sucks. The parking, the drivers, the bloody awful restrictions that change hourly The nightmare estates you have to find and get in and out of. An example, a glass company when you are close you ring up and a bloke stands at the entrance with a bucket. The bucket of water gets thrown on the cobbles so the trailer will slide against the building and fit into the gap used for loading. Or another, builders merchant on a red route, I have to ring up for permission to park on said route or I have to pay the penalties, where do you park to ring up. If it fell into the Thames I wouldn't miss it.
Toutsuite Posted April 4, 2015 Posted April 4, 2015 I work for one of the local authorities in South London, whose hq are just inside the congestion charge zone next to Tower Bridge. I commute on the bike, it's the cheapest, quickest, funnest way. But I'll have to buy another bike, made after July 2007 in 5 years time if I am to continue doing so.
blackhat250 Posted April 4, 2015 Posted April 4, 2015 Fkn madness" [ Camden They hailed from,] SERIOUSLY tho... them black cabs are polluting fkers,,,50 bikes to 1 of them anyway,,
Ttaskmaster Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 Bike is 23 years old and I have to go into London at all sorts of times. I'd hope I can claim that back off the company, but I suspect they'll have a get-out for that as well...
mcferreira100 Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 Refuse to pay like we do here..they can`t arrest everyone and their admin will become a nightmare. 1
Ttaskmaster Posted April 8, 2015 Posted April 8, 2015 Refuse to pay like we do here..they can`t arrest everyone and their admin will become a nightmare. Nah, they'll just get the bailiffs in to sieze everyones' vehicles... and there are enough jobsworths in this little island who would do just that!
slice Posted April 8, 2015 Posted April 8, 2015 As above, you do not want these people after you they WILL take you car/bike/house away to get their money, these are the legal mafia and they will break you.
mcferreira100 Posted April 9, 2015 Posted April 9, 2015 Crap..I suppose its one of the advantages of Africa..powers that be can`t seem to enforce anything so criminals have field day here.
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