Attention: to those who went on the Killspills Rally

Shamelessly copies from The Hornets' Nest as it doesn't seemed to have reached here yet:

"Issued 20th September 2006 received vie e-mail from a VSOC member.

On the 9th September 5,250 riders supported the biggest KillSpills rally highlighting the lobby of Government on the danger of diesel spills to all road users.

MAGs Director Of Public Affairs Trevor Baird said, "The rally and the KillSpills team are the legitimate voice of riders on diesel spills, the team sit on the relevant sub groups of the National Motorcycle Council to deliver the Government’s National Motorcycling Strategy."

Despite the rally being escorted by the Police from the Ace Cafe to the Houses of Parliament, Transport for London have started issuing Penalty Charge Notices to riders who strayed into the bus lane in Park Lane.

Stephen Edwards, KillSpills Campaign Manager says, "We will do everything in our power to help riders with this ridiculous fine.

KillSpills have been advised by the Metropolitan Police to inform any KillSpills Rally Rider, Marshal or Team Member who has received a TFL fixed penalty notice for riding in the bus lane along Park Lane to e mail Steve@KillSpills.org.uk with the following details.

Your Name
Your Address
Reg no.
Date of issue.
Location.
Date Time.

KillSpills will notify ALL riders who contact us that we have received your e mail. If you have not received conformation within 2 days of e mailing us, re send your e mail. We can only help you if you let us know you have received a penalty notice.

The Metropolitan Police, will write to each of you giving you a letter to return with your form which will cancel the fine. Obviously, riders will only receive a letter if the time of the offence coincided with the rally.

So if you were prosecuted for riding in the bus lane at 10am, sorry we can’t help.

During rally times however, you were riding under the instruction of Police Officers and therefore you have nothing to worry about.

Time is of the essence here, you are advised NOT TO PAY THE FINE, but we need to ensure that you get the letter from the Police and return it with the penalty notice to TFL within the 28 day limit.

REMEMBER, we need your details, I will compile a list and send it to the
Police, so they can start issuing the letters.

KillSpills apologises for any inconvenienced caused and thanks the Metropolitan Police for helping our campaign once again.”

Ends

Notes:
1) KillSpills website and forum www.killspills.org.uk

2) You can download Government Report KillSpills 2006 report at
http://www.network.mag-uk.org/Diesel...Spills2006.pdf PDF 33MB in
size.

Issued by
Trevor Baird
Director Of Public Affairs
The UK's Leading Riders' Rights Organisation
www.mag-uk.org"

[Viney]

Just passed this on to verna, as she works for the money grabbing scum that is TFL, and she deals with these kind of things.

[Stu]

Originally Posted by Viney

Just passed this on to verna, as she works for the money grabbing scum that is TFL, and she deals with these kind of things.

In this instance I'm sure it would have been an administrative nightmare to switch off the cameras or stop the fines going out, so as long as they are cancelled - fair enough. Probably got a few people annoyed when they received them though

Originally Posted by Stu

In this instance I'm sure it would have been an administrative nightmare to switch off the cameras or stop the fines going out, so as long as they are cancelled - fair enough. Probably got a few people annoyed when they received them though

Resulting in an even bigger nightmare for everyone concerned with having to contest and cancel the fines......

[Viney]

Originally Posted by andy

Resulting in an even bigger nightmare for everyone concerned with having to contest and cancel the fines......

Even bigger nightmare for the call centre people that are dealing with it. Just remember its not thier fault, and to be honest, the system itself is total and utter crap. If only you knew