London Congestion Charge (US Embassy)

jaguar · 10-21-2005, 01:51 PM

when you start running out of air, a system of effective rationing might start seeming like a good idea, until that point it sure does sound silly doesn't it. Of course you have to breathe air, noone is making you drive though the centre of london. Every day everyone that travels though the centre of london, from diplomats to street cleaners can make a decision, do I take a car or do I take PT/walk/chopper/bike/moterbike, if you choose to take a car, you pay the congestion charge. and elspode - urbane gurilla is trying to claim that it doesn't work.

Elspode · 10-21-2005, 02:44 PM

I didn't get that he said sit didn't work. I got more like a "more government regulation is screwing up the world" sort of vibe.

I think the core of this issue is that semantics won't make me think of it as anything other than a tax, and semantics won't make you think of it as anything other than a service fee.

Meantime, someoneone is going to have to figure out what to call it so that the diplomatic corps, who aren't going to be riding buses or subways anytime soon, will pay it.

10-21-2005, 01:51 PM	#1
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	when you start running out of air, a system of effective rationing might start seeming like a good idea, until that point it sure does sound silly doesn't it. Of course you have to breathe air, noone is making you drive though the centre of london. Every day everyone that travels though the centre of london, from diplomats to street cleaners can make a decision, do I take a car or do I take PT/walk/chopper/bike/moterbike, if you choose to take a car, you pay the congestion charge. and elspode - urbane gurilla is trying to claim that it doesn't work. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain Last edited by jaguar; 10-21-2005 at 01:54 PM.

10-21-2005, 02:44 PM	#2
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I didn't get that he said sit didn't work. I got more like a "more government regulation is screwing up the world" sort of vibe. I think the core of this issue is that semantics won't make me think of it as anything other than a tax, and semantics won't make you think of it as anything other than a service fee. Meantime, someoneone is going to have to figure out what to call it so that the diplomatic corps, who aren't going to be riding buses or subways anytime soon, will pay it. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

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