Giorgio Balatoni
Free Member
Just got back from three month travels in France and Italy, really good time, but spent my budget and now funds are low and thought get back to work and build up the funds for another trip later in the year. Then started to open the pile of post, two thirds of which was rubbish on to one pile, bills on another pile and one or two unknowns on a third pile. Get the known bills out of the way first, and then opened the unknown ..... shock horror...London low emission zone PENALTY CHARGE...
Looked at the notice £1000 fine for driving in London without payment of the appropriate charge. I was flabbergasted, and used a few other words begining with the F word. But I thought to myself that I haven’t been driving in London, so looked at the rest of the penalty notice and it says I was driving on the A2 on the East Rochester Way with a picture of my M/H... and sure enough that was me ! So I thought and had to retrace my thoughts back, and at 64years old I got a job to remember last week let alone three months ago... So got to thinking and remembered that a week before I go I will drive down to Dover and just make sure of where I was going, and thought it will be a nice two days out stopping off in Canterbury on the way back.
So coming back from Canterbury found myself on the M2 (I think) and was trying to get on to the M25 but missed the turning due to very heavy traffic and found myself on the A2 with a few more F words and maybe other very bad words, and was looking to turn around on this dual carriageway etc long story short whilst on this dual carriageway way I must of strayed into this zone before I got to turn around. Now I know some of you will say that ignorance is not an excuse of the law .. but being a country lad from the West Country I didn’t know. And of course looking further down the notice I have expired the time of payment and now stands at £1500. And a few more F words. So come on all you very experienced and very nice funsters what the F..k can I do ? And since when was Rochester in London.
Looked at the notice £1000 fine for driving in London without payment of the appropriate charge. I was flabbergasted, and used a few other words begining with the F word. But I thought to myself that I haven’t been driving in London, so looked at the rest of the penalty notice and it says I was driving on the A2 on the East Rochester Way with a picture of my M/H... and sure enough that was me ! So I thought and had to retrace my thoughts back, and at 64years old I got a job to remember last week let alone three months ago... So got to thinking and remembered that a week before I go I will drive down to Dover and just make sure of where I was going, and thought it will be a nice two days out stopping off in Canterbury on the way back.
So coming back from Canterbury found myself on the M2 (I think) and was trying to get on to the M25 but missed the turning due to very heavy traffic and found myself on the A2 with a few more F words and maybe other very bad words, and was looking to turn around on this dual carriageway etc long story short whilst on this dual carriageway way I must of strayed into this zone before I got to turn around. Now I know some of you will say that ignorance is not an excuse of the law .. but being a country lad from the West Country I didn’t know. And of course looking further down the notice I have expired the time of payment and now stands at £1500. And a few more F words. So come on all you very experienced and very nice funsters what the F..k can I do ? And since when was Rochester in London.