The Association of British Drivers
Local Issues — London — Media

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Media articles about driving issues in London.
Listed in reverse chronological order.

• Evening Standard — Boris must scrap this unjust charge   2008-09-18
• Bloomberg — West Londoners Protest Traffic Charge as Vendetta Against Rich   2007-02-16
• The Guardian — £25 for 4x4s in London   2006-07-12
  In a poorly-veiled attack on 4x4s, Green Ken says he wants some vehicles to pay an extortionate congestion charge because of 'higher emissions'.
• The Times — Some drivers will pay less under 'intelligent' congestion charge   2006-06-27
  So long as you don't mind Ken Livingstone watching you everywhere you go
• The Times — Cameras at yellow box junctions cause longer traffic jams   2006-06-09
• BBC — Foreign cars evade London charge   2006-06-08
• BBC — Heavy losses for Labour in London   2006-05-05
  The BBC try to spin the blame onto dodgy government ministers, but local drivers know exactly why they kicked Labour out.
• Daily Telegraph — Speed limiters for London traffic   2006-03-18
  Red Ken turns Green
• The Times — Drivers face £5,000 penalty for using Olympic VIP lanes   2005-10-23
  Welcome to the Soviet Socialist Republic of London
• Evening Standard — Diplomats Snub Congestion Charge   2005-10-19
• Daily Telegraph — Charge 'is driving retailers out of London'
• London Assembly Conservatives — Mayor admits “majority of Londoners” oppose congestion charge extension   2005-09-14
• The People — Speedcam Doubles Smashes On M-Way   2005-07-31
• Evening Standard — Peer wins C-charge battle   2005-05-18
• Evening Standard — C-charge blunder as drivers are wrongly fined   2005-05-13
• BBC — Speeding drivers 'escaping fines'   2005-04-18
  Cameras fail to catch criminals
• BBC — Congestion charge increases to £8   2005-04-01
  Demonstrating what a clown he is, Livingstone announces the increase on April Fool's day
• BBC — Dismay at congestion charge hike   2005-04-01
  Green Party demonstrate their grasp of economics.
• Evening Standard — £13m paid to victims of London pot-holes   2005-03-18
  
• Evening Standard — Remove all speed humps to save lives, say Tories   2005-03-08
  
• Evening Standard — Mayor accused over Con charge   2005-02-09
  
• Ham&High — 4x4 protesters drive me up the wall   2005-01-14
  
• The Times — Congestion charge to be £8   2004-12-01
  
• BBC — Road toll up by 'at least £1'   2004-11-02
  
• BBC — Road toll 'fails to cut traffic'   2004-10-27
  
• Evening Standard — Speed trap claims slammed   2004-09-08
  ASA rap LSCP over 'speeding' lies.
• BBC — Parking ticket championship ends   2004-08-10
  
• Evening Standard — Driver's C-charge victory   2004-03-22
  TfL's petty attitude in attempting to charge a driver £80 for being 9 seconds too early backfires on them.
• The Times — Motorists' champion rips out humps and bus lanes   2004-03-22
  Barnet adopts common sense policies — much to Ken's disgust
• Evening Standard — Parking blitz hits drivers   2004-03-12
• Evening Standard — 'Any loss in income will be very difficult to bear'   2004-03-09
• Evening Standard — Anger at C-charge plan   2004-03-09
• Evening Standard — Threatened over congestion charge   2004-03-02
  Ken's Bully Boys intimidate a woman after fine is sent to the wrong address.
• Evening Standard — Lecturer beats C-charge fine   2004-03-01
• Evening Standard — Huge speed camera cuts   2004-02-23
• The Sun — Wardens hit the hospitals   2004-02-22
• BBC — Woman battles congestion charges   2004-02-11
• Evening Standard — One in five speed cameras scrapped   2004-01-14
• Independent — Mayor faces Labour row over traffic charge   2004-01-03
• Independent — Suburban drivers to face tolls in congestion charge shake-up   2004-01-02
• BBC — Road humps hamper police response   2003-12-03
• Evening Standard — Expansion 'too early'   2003-11-24
• Evening Standard — C-charge centre exposed   2003-11-24
• Evening Standard — Delays, errors and aggravation   2003-11-24
• Evening Standard — Impose 20mph limit across capital   2003-08-09
  Green Deputy Mayor calls for 20 limit across London
• Ample — Capita making no profits from London congestion charge scheme   2003-07-31
• Evening Standard — Bus lanes 'worsen traffic'   2003-07-02
  
• Daily Mail — Plan to end road bumps   2003-06-19
  
• Independent — Congestion charge hit by drivers avoiding zone   2003-06-13
• Evening Standard — It just isn't working   2003-06-02
  

  More local articles

• The Times — 90% of drivers win congestion appeal   2003-05-06
  
• Evening Standard — CC hits small firms hard   2003-05-01
  
• The Times — How car cloners are beating congestion charge   2003-04-28
  
• Evening Standard — 22,000 Con-charge fines overturned   2003-04-04
  
• FleetNewsNet — DHL overpays £10,000 in congestion charges   2003-03-23
  
• FleetNewsNet — London charging glitch hits fleets   2003-02-27
  
• Ananova — 105-year-old car gets congestion charge penalty notice   2003-02-27
  
• Independent — London congestion charge leads to flood of false number plates   2003-02-26
  
• Independent — Congestion charge creates boom for suburban shops   2003-02-22
  
• Independent — Paper is lying over congestion charge, Mayor says   2003-02-21
  
• The Register — The London charge zone, the Data Protection Act, and MS .NET   2003-02-21
  
• Ananova — Congestion charge 'keeping shoppers away'   2003-02-19
  
• BBC — Congestion poster 'misleading'   2003-02-19
  
• The Times — Ken draws on his bitter past to enforce car charge   2003-02-18
  The company running the congestion charge now own the bailiffs that chased Ken for non-payment of his Poll Tax!
  
• BBC — 10,000 chased for congestion fine   2003-02-18
  
• Sky News &mdash London Reacts to Charge   2002-02-17
  
• Evening Standard — 'Call centre is in chaos'   2003-02-13
  Journalist Elaine Galloway spent 2 weeks working inside the congestion charge call centre, unbeknown to Capita :-)
  
• The Times — Boycott Congestion Toll, Says Car Group   2002-02-04
  
• BBC — Bond star leads fight against charge   2003-01-20
  
• The Observer — Gadgets aim to fool cameras   2003-01-19
• BBC — Congestion charge teachers' safety fear   2003-01-13
  
• The Observer — Unions revolt over London car charges   2003-01-12
• The Observer — Scrap this Unfair Tax   2003-01-12
  Commentary by Stephen Alexander, the lawyer leading the legal challenge to congestion charging
  
• BBC — Post office row over congestion charge   2003-01-07
  
• The Times — Congestion charge scheme will make £28m for Capita   2003-01-05
  
• Daily Mail — Best speed cam battered   2002-12-06
• Evening Standard — Smithfield butchers say no   2002-11-22
• Evening Standard — Darling refuses to back car charging   2002-10-16
• Evening Standard — Charges won't solve car chaos   2002-10-15
• The Observer — How a traffic revolution led to chaos on the roads   2002-10-13
• BBC — 'Brain drain' fears over traffic charge   2002-10-23
  
• Sunday Times — Hooray for roads and white van man   (site requires that you register)
  Ferdinand Mount comments on the government's transport U-turn
  
• This is Local London — Ambulance crews getting the hump

Useful News Sources

• BBC News — London
• This is London

 

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