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       Blackwall tunnel Penalty charge notice
   DIR By: RKam
       Date: November 19, 2025, 5:25 am
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       I have received a Penalty notice from TFL for not paying the
       toll to use Blackwall tunnel.
       I paid for a return journey for the Dartford tunnel as I
       travelled to my destination using the Dartford tunnel and was
       suppose to come back the same way however my satnav took me back
       via Blackwall tunnel but I did not realised that the payment
       needs to be made to 2 separate entities.
       I paid for 2 journeys on the Dartford toll website.  Which now
       in hindsight is my stupidity of not knowing the difference but
       also I did not know you have to pay to use the Blackwall tunnel
       either.  I am not familiar with the area and I was not driving,
       so didn't pay too much attention to where I was.  That evening
       on my return I paid the Dartford tunnel charge for a return
       trip.  I didn't see my return trip but thought there is a delay
       on the system but still paid.
       
       I can show that I have paid for a return journey on the Dartford
       tunnel, and that I had full intentions to pay but not sure if
       this will be acceptable.  Can anyone please advise? £90 fine is
       a lot of money.
       
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       Re: Blackwall tunnel Penalty charge notice
   DIR By: roythebus
       Date: November 19, 2025, 6:40 am
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       There's huge blue signs advising drivers to pay the Blackwall
       tunnel tolls. Maybe suggest that whoever was driving your car
       pay the fine? I don't see any other way round it.
       As another respected member said on here recently regarding
       speeding and camera locations, Something along the lines of use
       the huge picture built into your car called the windscreen and
       stop looking at the small screen of the satnav. The coucil
       helpfully puts signs up to warn you of things on the road.
       Maybe the Dartford authority will refund your fee paid there, I
       don't know, I have an account with them so don't need to worry.
       Similarly I have a TfL account which covers all things like
       Blackwall Tunnel, ULEZ, C zone etc. Maybe phone TfL to see if
       they'll drop the fine, but don'y hold out much hope.
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