the congestion charge did work, notice i said "did", but now it seems that there is a big conspiracy going on and with various rephasing of lights etc and major prioritising of buses and bikes to the detremental effect of the normal car/lorry/van driver who need to be there just as much, if not more

the other thing that does annoy mean is that this new "camera fines" business, where you get a cctv picture taken of your motor and then you get the ticket 3 weeks later