‘Deceased’ drivers are among the hundreds of thousands being stung by congestion charge and low traffic neighbourhood (LTN) fines in Oxford, an FOI request revealed.
Some 13 fines issued in Oxford’s £5 congestion charge zones and LTNs were cancelled due to the vehicle owners being dead, Oxfordshire County Council data revealed.
Nearly 257,000 fines have been issued since the congestion charge was introduced last October and automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras were brought in for LTNs in May 2024, the BBC said.
The data does not explain how vehicles belonging to dead people had been driven into the restricted zones, only why fines were
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