Loafers Nook 22 - Food Glorious Food! La da di di da da.....
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Quote:Well one should learn to aquaint oneself with the governing laws of the country which one is visiting
Originally posted by CallMeSerenity:
I saw those signs. But I didn't know what they meant.
.You can't complain, your government owes us about a million pounds worth of congestion charge tarriffs. Our diplomats pay you for your toll roads, why can't the richest country in the world return the favor huh, huh?
Quote:Within two days of travelling in a congestion charge zone.
Originally posted by JadeHand:
So, how often must one pay that charge to drive in central London?
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Auto refribucating double postification.
I just had a power cut. Killed my computer and over an hours worth of work.
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That's what you get for being snarky to me!
Now, be nice or I'll do worse than just cut your power.
Serenity,
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do you have to pay for each day? each week? each month? do you get a sticker or something that says you've paid to put on the vehicle?
How do they know to charge you? do they take pictures of every license plate that travels in all of Central London?
Sorry for the questions, just not a familiar concept. Something I'd like to understand for when I go driving about in Central London.
"But you sleep like a ghost with me
It's as simple as that
So tell me I'm mad
Roll me up and breathe me in
Come to my madness
My opium den
Come to my madness
Make sense of it again."
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There's cameras that scan your number plate, they store the number in a computer database that logs whether you pay or not. You have to pay for each day you're in the charge zone.
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Ah. I see. Thanks. That'll help me decide if/how often to drive there. Might just use the tube.
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It's as simple as that
So tell me I'm mad
Roll me up and breathe me in
Come to my madness
My opium den
Come to my madness
Make sense of it again."
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Quote:
Originally posted by Jadehand:
LMD, Sorry to hear you're still not feeling well.
How was the trip? I'm going to be about most of the night if you wanna talk about it.
thanks...I'm starting to feel a bit better which actually is surprising me a bit. i usually stay sick for quite a bit longer. not complaining!
trip was good, just draining. glad to be home. sorry i wasn't around to catch you for a chat
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Quote:
Originally posted by Jadehand:
Ah. I see. Thanks. That'll help me decide if/how often to drive there. Might just use the tube.
Damn straight! Never mind the constantly gridlocked traffic, I just received a second penalty notification.
If you have a car, stay out of London. There's no point, especially considering that once you hit the U.K. & Europe, there are transit systems that actually function well enough to get you from anywhere to anywhere else. Lesson learned.
SR: Oban is my favourite single malt scotch. Pass me the dregs remaining in that bottle, eh?
*Proceeds to loaf via the simple expedient of unconsciousness*
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England sucks! Unless, of course, you do it right.
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I have never and hopefully will never drive in London. There are three types of people who do:
Those that have to for work, Taxi drivers, Chauffers etc.
Tourists who don't know any better...
and the clinically insane. Judging by the way people drive I think most fall into this catagory.
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well, you can drive in the cc zone after 6pm and before 7am i think, and if you're on a motorbike under a certain size you don't pay either, or if you live in the zone, or whatever.
its £8, which is ridiculous, but considering when it was £5 it was still cheaper than getting the tube, i suppose they did have to raise it.
but if you're coming as a tourist, theres really no point to bringing a car at all, unless you want to take a trip to sample the worlds biggest carpark - the delightful m25 ringroad around london, where you travel so slow i think you often slip into negative time, or are, as previously mentioned, clinically insane.
off peak day tickets for the tube are still cheap enough, though not if Ken has his way and double's cash fares or whatever grand plot he's hatching to force people to use oyster cards, and to be honest, comfy pair of boots and you can often walk to most places - emphasis on the confy - just get a really good map, and never rely on Sean to take you anywhere, he likes his scenic routes he does.
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