There is no way we could get away with this 
m4rky:
There is no way we could get away with this
We couldn’t, but they have. Boris, you best brush up on the old language skills.
What would it add up to if you tried to count all the dodgy number plates and tax discs on the Latvian cars, never mind those driving without valid insurance.
Be honest if you got a fine abroad and it came in the post would you pay it? Would you ■■■■ 
The only real way is to get the money off them before they leave these shores but the technology probably isnt there to do it.
merc0447:
The only real way is to get the money off them before they leave these shores but the technology probably isnt there to do it.
But it is there for when they return - There is no way they wouldn’t carry on hauling into London just because of a fine. Its far to lucrative for them.
They should be stopped by customs and fined an additional amount for doing a runner. But I bet some court in Europe would say that it infringes their human rights
m4rky:
There is no way we could get away with this
And yet many of us are it appears.
From the same article.
UK-registered HGVs have £3.4m-worth of outstanding penalty charge notices
I’m sure there are many millions of outstanding fines owed by UK hauliers on the mainland. When I was regularly running to Hamburg I used to set off 2 or 3 speed cameras per trip on the route I took in Germany and those many fines have never been paid.
Coffeeholic:
From the same article.
UK-registered HGVs have £3.4m-worth of outstanding penalty charge notices
But these hauliers will be chased for payment until they pay or go under - Unlike foreign trucks.
I take your point about the speed cameras but the LEZ is about UK truck owners having to pay for extra modifications or buy more modern trucks to deliver and therefore compete in London.
Speeding is the same no matter where you go - You don’t have to pay extra to go faster
Coffeeholic:
m4rky:
There is no way we could get away with thisAnd yet many of us are it appears.
From the same article.
UK-registered HGVs have £3.4m-worth of outstanding penalty charge notices
I’m sure there are many millions of outstanding fines owed by UK hauliers on the mainland. When I was regularly running to Hamburg I used to set off 2 or 3 speed cameras per trip on the route I took in Germany and those many fines have never been paid.
Along with “bumped” Pork n Cheese payages, cheeky nips sans vignette, a whole load of parking tickets etc etc
m4rky:
Coffeeholic:
From the same article.
UK-registered HGVs have £3.4m-worth of outstanding penalty charge noticesBut these hauliers will be chased for payment until they pay or go under - Unlike foreign trucks.
They do chase foreign hauliers, they have retained a company to do that across Europe for them, it just takes longer. I know a Dutch OD who was chased for the payment and fine, threatened with legal action and so on until he paid up.
billybigrig:
Coffeeholic:
m4rky:
There is no way we could get away with thisAnd yet many of us are it appears.
From the same article.
UK-registered HGVs have £3.4m-worth of outstanding penalty charge notices
I’m sure there are many millions of outstanding fines owed by UK hauliers on the mainland. When I was regularly running to Hamburg I used to set off 2 or 3 speed cameras per trip on the route I took in Germany and those many fines have never been paid.
Along with “bumped” Pork n Cheese payages, cheeky nips sans vignette, a whole load of parking tickets etc etc
Exactly, whatever the foreigners are doing the Brits did it first. 
Coffeeholic:
billybigrig:
Coffeeholic:
m4rky:
There is no way we could get away with thisAnd yet many of us are it appears.
From the same article.
UK-registered HGVs have £3.4m-worth of outstanding penalty charge notices
I’m sure there are many millions of outstanding fines owed by UK hauliers on the mainland. When I was regularly running to Hamburg I used to set off 2 or 3 speed cameras per trip on the route I took in Germany and those many fines have never been paid.
Along with “bumped” Pork n Cheese payages, cheeky nips sans vignette, a whole load of parking tickets etc etc
Exactly, whatever the foreigners are doing the Brits did it first.
And for much longer The LEZ only started in 2008, the peages were knocked for 25 years
Coffeeholic:
billybigrig:
Coffeeholic:
m4rky:
There is no way we could get away with thisAnd yet many of us are it appears.
From the same article.
UK-registered HGVs have £3.4m-worth of outstanding penalty charge notices
I’m sure there are many millions of outstanding fines owed by UK hauliers on the mainland. When I was regularly running to Hamburg I used to set off 2 or 3 speed cameras per trip on the route I took in Germany and those many fines have never been paid.
Along with “bumped” Pork n Cheese payages, cheeky nips sans vignette, a whole load of parking tickets etc etc
Exactly, whatever the foreigners are doing the Brits did it first.
Good point made there coffee
What an ingenious way to make money. Fine people for blowing out the wrong smoke in the wrong area.