Sadiq Khan's latest humiliation as 'Ulez cameras hand out fines to wrong drivers'
Upset motorists have complained to Transport for London (TfL) after being wrongly fined.
Motorists have alleged that they are being fined for not paying their ULEZ charge by cameras that have wrongly identified their cars as being within the zone in another blow to Sadiq Khan’s scheme.
Five years ago, Sadiq Khan implemented the ULEZ scheme, which mandates a daily fee of £12.50 for driving vehicles that do not meet compliance standards.
However, since then many loopholes in the controversial scheme have been highlighted by motorists.
In one such instance, a driver was issued a fine even though his car was parked in Manchester, hundreds of miles away from where cameras claimed it to be.
It was a completely different make and model to the one seen in the “proof” photograph.
Arthur Bailey, a retired designer, raised a complaint with TfL when his son was issued a ULEZ fine for driving his Ford Mondeo in London.
This was even though his son resides in Manchester, and the photograph provided showed a different vehicle.
Mr Bailey told The Telegraph: “The vehicle in the photograph, the ‘proof' of the alleged crime, was clearly a completely different vehicle, possibly a Nissan SUV and certainly not the Mondeo he owned which had never been within 100 miles of London.”
TfL subsequently waived the fine after establishing the plate on Mr Bailey's car had been cloned.
In another instance, a driver was slapped with a fine after part of his number plate matched that of another vehicle that drove through the ULEZ zone, confusing the system.
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Hugh Blanchard, who lives in Bromley, discovered that he was being fined because another vehicle had a similar number plate to his own.
However, the correct car's number plate was partially hidden when it was photographed by the ULEZ camera.
He said: “I use auto-pay for my car and so this confusion over the plates means I'm getting automatically charged for a vehicle that isn't mine.”
In recent days, there have been additional instances highlighting issues for TfL, following a significant setback where they acknowledged incorrectly penalising a motorist for using his car in London.
This occurred despite the fact that the motorist had actually donated the vehicle to the Ukrainian army.
Charles Cooper, 65, drove his Volvo SUV more than 1,400 miles to donate his car to a Ukrainian charity last August only to discover that just two months later it had been fined for being driven in a Ulez area in London, reports Mail Online.
The chartered accountant was on holiday in Greece at the time of the alleged incident and when he returned home in January he discovered a pile of scathing letters from Transport for London.
TfL had threatened to take him to court and appoint bailiffs if he didn't pay the fine, forcing Mr Cooper to spend over £300 on lawyers to fight the case.
However, taking a U-turn this week, the Greater London Council body told MailOnline the charge “was issued in error” and apologised to Mr Cooper “for any distress caused” after cancelling the fine.
Express.co.uk has contacted TfL for comment.
