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Posted on pepipo my original upload on here I can’t find.

I went to visit my grandfather in Catford Lewisham area in London on the 28th of July. I stayed overnight and returned back home on the 29th of July.

A week ago, I got a letter through the post that I didn’t pay the ULEZ charge zone not once on any of the signage in London. Did I see it says that you were being charged for ULEZ.

My car was complaint with ULEZ at the time I bought it but it looks like there’s been a revision at some point dollars which means my car is no longer compliant and I can see online as a daily charge of £12.50 for my vehicle.

If I saw on the signage anywhere about, ULEZ charging zone or that I would be charged I would’ve made sure to have paid this. I now have been given a fine for both days being in London £90 each day.

Is there any way out of this? especially because for example the congestion charging zone it clearly says congestion charging zone whereas in London it doesn’t say you’ll is charging zone so you don’t actually know if you’ve been charged for it or not.

Since then, I’ve seen a lot of adverts about it, but I wasn’t too sure about how it worked before now and that my car was no longer compliant or mid understood when it said £0 to pay in my grandads post code SE6.

https://imgur.com/a/9m11UdC

Update
My representation was rejected 11/09/23

https://imgur.com/a/MJsGeCi

Original thread on PPP.... which has a lot of information.
http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showtopic=151140&st=0&p=1791067&#entry1791067

Could I argue the signage doesn’t specifically state it’s a Charing zone I have found that is the excuse some use to get out of it but this was a few years ago I don’t know how easily it can be done now

I've looked through the last two months worth of Adjudication records, from the London Tribunals website, for "A4 Great West Road". Which is the location on one of your PCNs. 21 appeals refused and 33 allowed. Just about all of the allowed are due to DNC (Do Not Contest) by TFL. Not one case has been allowed for defective signage.

Case 9230377538 concerns a 2015 VW Golf Match 1.6 TDi Blue Motion Tech, so very similar to yours, with three PCN appeals refused.

A couple of the allowed cases involve cars with personal plates that were incorrectly flagged as non-compliant. We've eliminated that possibility in your case.

The Adjudicator has to deal with the facts and can't take mitigation into account. Mitigation is for the Enforcement Authority. In this case TFL. And TFL have turned you down.

So the adjudicator will consider the photos that show your car infringing the zone and any evidence concerning the emissions standard of the car. You'll lose on both.

You won't win if an Adjudication hearing goes ahead. Unless you strike lucky and get a DNC from TFL. It's a gamble. £180 now to close the cases or £360 in a couple months if you lose.

So my advice is still to pay both the PCNs immediately at the discount rate, assuming it's still available on the TFL site. If you've missed that deadline and the discount is no longer available then I suppose you should have a go with the Tribunal  as you have no financial incentive to do otherwise.

The discount option is due to disappear imminently. Hours, not days or weeks.