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Britain’s first ‘Tag and beacon’ road charging system is less than 18 months away, Autocar can reveal.
London mayor Ken Livingstone has dropped an extremely broad hint at the move in his transport manifesto for the forthcoming mayoral election in London. Despite the significance of the move Livingstone's manifesto only promises:
‘A new, hassle-free system for paying the congestion charge, so that drivers can choose to have payments automatically debited when they enter the charging zone, a...Read the full article

But will the cost reduction force the scheme into the black if they lose there fine revenue and will this work with national roadcharging, Oh damn I spurted out the 'big secret' that everybody knows!

Another stealth agenda from the Government, Tlf and Livingstone and his con charge!

Please excuse my ignorance, as I don't often go to London, and have little interest in it. Should mayor Ken not be voted back in (I know an election is coming up as the local TV news seems to keep going on about it), then would a new mayor not be able to scrap the congestion charge - perhaps not immediately (since there's that early exit penalty clause), but within their term of office.

If the London motorists are pissed off with Ken's charging, and proposed future charging, then vote for someone who would scrap it!
 

coolGav:

Please excuse my ignorance, as I don't often go to London, and have little interest in it. Should mayor Ken not be voted back in (I know an election is coming up as the local TV news seems to keep going on about it), then would a new mayor not be able to scrap the congestion charge - perhaps not immediately (since there's that early exit penalty clause), but within their term of office.

If the London motorists are pissed off with Ken's charging, and proposed future charging, then vote for someone who would scrap it!

I know Londoners are idiots voting communists in like Ken!