Which is great, if the person you’re collecting from, is;
1. Home (very difficult to get forced entry)
2. Has something to take
3. Has something of value
You can’t get blood out of stone, and if you’re renting a furnished apartment.. they can’t take fuck all really. They can’t take jewelry, phones or computers (because of the data on them).
This hole will only grow. They could take the car, but they need to find it first and get the keys. They can lift it and take it away, but they can’t raffle it off without the keys so they seldom bother to do it.
The enforcement process should mirror DVLA for car tax, where they just clamp it until it’s paid off.
Good. It’s pointless anyway.
Only 2% of cars in London are non-compliant so this doesn’t make much sense
Wasn’t there a case recently where someone went to court with TfL over ULEZ fines. And the court ruled against TfL because the ULEZ signage wasn’t legally biding. The rules for signage for a toll require a red C (as seen with the congestion charge and Dartford crossing), the man who took TfL to court was from Manchester or smth, and so had no idea what ULEZ was until he recieved his fines in the post, the signs do not make it clear that there is any kind of charge to pay, nor do they say who has to pay it.
That case sets a precedent that anyone with a ULEZ fine can contest it and win, as unless TfL change the signage it’s still not binding, so can’t be legally enforced.
A lot of those will be due to people using false/cloned numbers plates. They are not going to get any money that way.
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Imagine bankrupting yourself because someone on tiktok told you you were a freeman of the land
Does TfL have a way to enforce these? Like court, bailiffs? How long does it usually take?
For those wondering about bankruptcy and CCJs on these people..
TFL doesn’t court you for the money. They just pass the money on to collection agents and then bailiffs
https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/ultra-low-emission-zone/enforcement-process
Which is great, if the person you’re collecting from, is;
1. Home (very difficult to get forced entry)
2. Has something to take
3. Has something of value
You can’t get blood out of stone, and if you’re renting a furnished apartment.. they can’t take fuck all really. They can’t take jewelry, phones or computers (because of the data on them).
This hole will only grow. They could take the car, but they need to find it first and get the keys. They can lift it and take it away, but they can’t raffle it off without the keys so they seldom bother to do it.
The enforcement process should mirror DVLA for car tax, where they just clamp it until it’s paid off.
Good. It’s pointless anyway.
Only 2% of cars in London are non-compliant so this doesn’t make much sense
Wasn’t there a case recently where someone went to court with TfL over ULEZ fines. And the court ruled against TfL because the ULEZ signage wasn’t legally biding. The rules for signage for a toll require a red C (as seen with the congestion charge and Dartford crossing), the man who took TfL to court was from Manchester or smth, and so had no idea what ULEZ was until he recieved his fines in the post, the signs do not make it clear that there is any kind of charge to pay, nor do they say who has to pay it.
That case sets a precedent that anyone with a ULEZ fine can contest it and win, as unless TfL change the signage it’s still not binding, so can’t be legally enforced.
A lot of those will be due to people using false/cloned numbers plates. They are not going to get any money that way.
How much of that is owed by the US embassy?