21 April 2024, 19:46
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A motorcyclist has slammed TfL for leaving him hundreds of kilos of debt after a canine ate letters informing him of ULEZ fines.
Del Hudson, 54, says he was unaware of his 2000 Honda Fireblade being non-compliant with Sadiq Khan’s ultra-low emissions zone (ULEZ) when the world was prolonged final August.
When he was first fined for not paying for the cost, Mr Hudson paid the penalty and assumed that the ULEZ could be mechanically charged to him after establishing an account.
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But Mr Hudson was fined 4 extra instances – with one reaching £2,000.
The ULEZ growth spearheaded by Mayor of London Mr Khan was fiercely controversial – and several other automated numberplate recognition cameras (ANPR) have been vandalised to cease the enforcement of the cost.
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The motorcyclist mentioned Transport for London (TfL) even issued a warrant which may have seen bailiffs come to his door and that he “simply did not take care of”.
Mr Hudson mentioned that his canine “ate two of the letters” which had been despatched to him – and that if all seven had been escalated to the £2,000 penalty he would have been paying out half of his annual wage.
In a shock transfer, TfL supplied to cancel the fines issued to Mr Hudson.
But he was nonetheless lower than impressed, saying that he believed the good-will effort was made to make the organisation look good.
He added that it had “one thing to do with the election”.
