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Old July 4th 10, 09:04 AM posted to uk.transport.london
Mizter T Mizter T is offline
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Default Taxis and the congestion charge


On Jul 4, 9:38*am, "tim...." wrote:

"Chris Read" wrote:

And talking about generating revenue, are embassies/high commissions
paying the CC and parking fines now, or are they still outrageously
flouting the law? If the latter, is there any good reason why the relevant
vehicles are not clamped and towed away?


For the CC: No and they are never going to as it is a tax and they are not
obliged to pay it. *The fact that TfL claim that it isn't a tax doesn't
change the fact that it is.


Why is that apparently a self-evident 'fact'? It's not remotely self-
evident to me.