Fuming
I have lived in Sheffield since 1978 and through the past forty five years, Arundel Gate in the city centre has been one of the main thoroughfares. Unbeknownst to me, in the name of reducing city centre pollution, Arundel Gate is currently part of a traffic management project. Essentially, the entire road has been closed to private vehicles and is now only open to buses and taxis. For the first two months of the experiment, offenders were simply sent warning notices but now fines are being doled out for the unwary. And it goes like this - I don't know if it is the same in other countries - you are automatically fined £70 ($89 US) but if you pay up within twenty eight days you only pay £35. It is a kind of unsavoury arm twisting to make drivers cough up some cash. As I say, I knew nothing of the closure and never in my wildest dreams did I ever expect that a major thoroughfare would ever be closed off in this manner but today I received a penalty notice including CC...