Remember my fine for not paying congestion charge on time
Posted: 20 Jul 2020, 07:42
well, I decided to email Sadiq Khan saying that I thought it was rather unreasonable of them to not extend the payment period given the circumstances. As it is now, you can pay before the day you're travelling, then on the day and the day after. Then it's straight to a penalty notice of £160 reduced to £80 if you pay within 40 days.
In my email I admitted that I was in the wrong but asked that they take into consideration that we were being asked to not use public transport if at all possible and that it would be fairer to give a week to pay, increasing the amount due every day, so (at the time) £11.50 before or on the day, then £15 the following day... and then increase it by £10 for every day that you haven't paid for a week and then issue the PCN. Well, the email was forwarded to TFL and I received an email back asking for more details about the PCN number and my car registration. I replied - again admitting I was wrong etc.... - but never heard anything back... until Sunday that is when I was checking my back account and noticed the £80 fine had been refunded!!!
Happy days!!!
In my email I admitted that I was in the wrong but asked that they take into consideration that we were being asked to not use public transport if at all possible and that it would be fairer to give a week to pay, increasing the amount due every day, so (at the time) £11.50 before or on the day, then £15 the following day... and then increase it by £10 for every day that you haven't paid for a week and then issue the PCN. Well, the email was forwarded to TFL and I received an email back asking for more details about the PCN number and my car registration. I replied - again admitting I was wrong etc.... - but never heard anything back... until Sunday that is when I was checking my back account and noticed the £80 fine had been refunded!!!
Happy days!!!