Get The Bus Don't Pay The Fine (Buses & Coaches in general)

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Product:	Buses & Coaches in general
Date:	17/07/01 (3 review reads)
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Advantages: Cuts traffic and fumes in london.

Disadvantages: Pushes problem elsewhere.

I am glad to announce that people travelling through the centre of London may prefer to take the bus and keep our london streets clear of traffic after the London Mayor Ken Livingstone introduces the £5 congestion fee's.

Today the plan for this venture was released and he plans to put checkpoints and cameras in a circle around central london from Kings Cross to Old kent rd and hyde Park to Tower of london hopefully encouraging people to take the BUS or Tube to avoid the fee.

There will be 178 checkpoints in a circle round the areas i have said(if you want to see full picture see the Evening Standard)and when passing these check points you will have to have paid your fee which is i presume on a computer via your number plate or else you get a fine in the post and failure to pay seems to get dealt with in the same way as a civil recovery and civil courts if necessary.

Once the £5 has been paid which they want to sell from local shops much in the same way as you'd get a lottery ticket you can travel around and in and out of the zones all day as long as you use the same car.
But you would want to get the bus instead im sure.
Vechiles excempt from the fee will be Taxis(black)Royal mail,council vechiles,disabled badge holders and police and fire services and of course ambulances,there is a 90% discount for residents of the area which i believe should be waivered.

I like the idea and am all for getting people on the Buses and Tubes but there are a few problems i can see with this plan

1.what if police divert you for some reason into the zone and you get snapped on the cameras?

2.What happens when people start to drive around the zones surely this will clog up surrounding areas and just move the problem elsewhere?

3.What if you have to enter the zones in a hurry to say get to the local A&E?

Until these questions are clearly explained and answered to me then i don't think that it is g
oing to work but we live in hope and hey we should all be taking the bus and helping to save the environment anyway.

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