Motorcycle parking tax
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2010-07-23 13:58.It's not just about the quid (though in principle it sucks).
It's not just that it is anti-motorcycle and counter-intuitive to efficient traffic management.
It's not even that it hits the pockets of the lower paid who use a PTW because it is economical.
It's that you have to have a mobile phone with credit and a charged battery.
You have to have a card with which to pay.
That you risk your card details being scammed.
It's that you have to stand out in all weathers to make the payment.
At large phone bill cost.
For calls that can take 20 minutes.
For the privilege of having your bike damaged because of overcrowding.
Because they lied when they said that they would provide security.
Because you get fined the same as a car if you get a ticket.
A ticket issued by an unscrupulous, target-driven private contractor.
Every day that you want to stop in Wastemonster.
Because Wastemonster need to raise more revenue and have unbelievably managed to convince a judge that this is not what they are doing.
Most of the revenue goes to a foreign, private company, yet WCC spend their own taxpayers money to implement the scheme at an apparent loss!!
Where is the justice?