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Driver was unaware he had to register French hire car with TfL’s collection agent even though it was emissions compliantThousands of EU citizens ‘wrongly fined for driving in London Ulez’How Belgian MP turned sleuth to solve Ulez fine mysteryChristian Ducarre received three fines totalling nearly £11,000 after driving his French hire car to London to attend his son’s wedding. The car, which was fully...

Exclusive: EU states accuse TfL of huge data breach over clean air zone penalties, with many given to compliant vehiclesEU motorist’s £11,000 run-in with London Ulez rulesHow Belgian MP turned sleuth to solve Ulez fine mysteryHundreds of thousands of EU citizens were wrongly fined for driving in London’s Ulez clean air zone, according to European governments, in what has been described as “possibly one...

Government had rejected campaigners’ demands for new safety measures on basis of outdated researchThe government is reviewing quad bike safety regulation in what campaigners described as “an embarrassing climbdown” after ministers repeatedly claimed that the introduction of roll bars could do more harm than good.Ministers had previously said that research by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) showed that roll bars could increase the...