Beware of Congestion Zone Charges!

Dorset Bob · 27th May 2019, 20:23

Whilst in Italy, this chap entered a restricted zone 44 times without realising.

He is now facing fines, sent to him in the UK, totalling £8,500.

Darcydog · 28th May 2019, 11:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dorset Bob

Whilst in Italy, this chap entered a restricted zone 44 times without realising.

He is now facing fines, sent to him in the UK, totalling £8,500.

Ouch!

I had for some time now realised that driving down through France etc to get to a holiday destination is expensive compared to flying and hiring a car when there.

This report underlines the issue even more.

So I’ll let an aircraft do my polluting ........

topman · 28th May 2019, 11:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dorset Bob

Whilst in Italy, this chap entered a restricted zone 44 times without realising.

He is now facing fines, sent to him in the UK, totalling £8,500.

Expensive holiday

Lancpudn · 28th May 2019, 12:01

Dear me that most have taken the wind out of sails when he opened that letter.

There's over 200 cities across Europe that have seasonal or full time ULEZ's this year too, It pays to do some research if you're going over there in a car.

steve-45 · 28th May 2019, 12:42

I wonder how many fines we send off to Europe for all those old polluting cars being driven in London’s ULEZ that are being driven on foreign plates?

[QUOTE=Dorset Bob;2736470]Whilst in Italy, this chap entered a restricted zone 44 times without realising.

He is now facing fines, sent to him in the UK, totalling £8,500.

[/QUOTE]

Darcydog · 28th May 2019, 14:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by steve-45

I wonder how many fines we send off to Europe for all those old polluting cars being driven in London’s ULEZ that are being driven on foreign plates?

[QUOTE=Dorset Bob;2736470]Whilst in Italy, this chap entered a restricted zone 44 times without realising.

He is now facing fines, sent to him in the UK, totalling £8,500.

[/QUOTE]

I checked this out a while back (only by googling it &#128515

as there are plenty of reports of foreign plated cars ignoring our fines etc.

It seems UK law states that the driver of the car must be identified whereas with EU law any fine is just sent to and is the responsibility of the registered keeper.

So whilst we in the U.K. find it almost impossible to collect such fines - we are happy to play ball with everyone else.

wullie480 · 28th May 2019, 17:51

I checked this out a while back (only by googling it &#128515

as there are plenty of reports of foreign plated cars ignoring our fines etc.

It seems UK law states that the driver of the car must be identified whereas with EU law any fine is just sent to and is the responsibility of the registered keeper.

So whilst we in the U.K. find it almost impossible to collect such fines - we are happy to play ball with everyone else.

[/QUOTE]

Saw this on sky news which seems to differ from what your saying about identifying the keeper?

https://news.sky.com/story/divine-in...rmany-11730013

Darcydog · 28th May 2019, 18:06

I cannot post links - but I just googled it again and it confirms various reports from 2016/17 that whilst U.K. Law requires the Driver to be identified - EU law requires the registered owner to be responsible for fine payment.

I googled

“European car fines identifies the driver”

It provides lots of links indicating that EU countries can ask for and get the registered owners details from the DVLA and under thier law - that person is responsible for fine payment.

RoverP480 · 28th May 2019, 18:47

A Land Rover Series One owner from Switzerland last year ended up with a £1000 fine for entering the then LEZ in London, twice . He appealed & it was cancelled as if he had registered it with TFL it would have been exempt as Historic.

steve-45 · 28th May 2019, 20:34

Strange these ULEZ rules, mate has a diesel Skoda that qualifies for ZERO ROAD TAX due to its low emissions, but does not meet ULEZ exemption criteria.

I have recently acquired a 2007 Diahatsu Sirion, £190 road tax - so not deemed as low emission but is exempt from the ULEZ charges !

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wullie480 This is my second home 1 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Banned Posts: 5,195 Thanks: 528 Thanked 1,022 Times in 786 Posts	I checked this out a while back (only by googling it &#128515 as there are plenty of reports of foreign plated cars ignoring our fines etc. It seems UK law states that the driver of the car must be identified whereas with EU law any fine is just sent to and is the responsibility of the registered keeper. So whilst we in the U.K. find it almost impossible to collect such fines - we are happy to play ball with everyone else. [/QUOTE] Saw this on sky news which seems to differ from what your saying about identifying the keeper? https://news.sky.com/story/divine-in...rmany-11730013 __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

27th May 2019, 20:23	#1
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28th May 2019, 12:42	#5
steve-45 This is my second home Rover 75 Saloon CDTi Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Belvedere Posts: 4,076 Thanks: 108 Thanked 1,089 Times in 774 Posts	I wonder how many fines we send off to Europe for all those old polluting cars being driven in London’s ULEZ that are being driven on foreign plates? [QUOTE=Dorset Bob;2736470]Whilst in Italy, this chap entered a restricted zone 44 times without realising. He is now facing fines, sent to him in the UK, totalling £8,500. [/QUOTE]

28th May 2019, 18:06	#8
Darcydog This is my second home Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 5,428 Thanks: 3,123 Thanked 3,170 Times in 2,096 Posts	I cannot post links - but I just googled it again and it confirms various reports from 2016/17 that whilst U.K. Law requires the Driver to be identified - EU law requires the registered owner to be responsible for fine payment. I googled “European car fines identifies the driver” It provides lots of links indicating that EU countries can ask for and get the registered owners details from the DVLA and under thier law - that person is responsible for fine payment.

28th May 2019, 18:47	#9
RoverP480 Gets stuck in None at the moment Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Hereford Posts: 501 Thanks: 1 Thanked 165 Times in 146 Posts	A Land Rover Series One owner from Switzerland last year ended up with a £1000 fine for entering the then LEZ in London, twice . He appealed & it was cancelled as if he had registered it with TFL it would have been exempt as Historic.

28th May 2019, 20:34	#10
steve-45 This is my second home Rover 75 Saloon CDTi Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Belvedere Posts: 4,076 Thanks: 108 Thanked 1,089 Times in 774 Posts	Strange these ULEZ rules, mate has a diesel Skoda that qualifies for ZERO ROAD TAX due to its low emissions, but does not meet ULEZ exemption criteria. I have recently acquired a 2007 Diahatsu Sirion, £190 road tax - so not deemed as low emission but is exempt from the ULEZ charges !