Minicab sir?

The Law of Unintended Consequences strikes again. Rather than pay £8 a day for London congestion charges, a growing number of Londonders are registering their cars as mini-cabs:

"Among the luxury vehicles on the list of shame are "17 Bentley Continentals, which cost £117,500 new, three £300,000 Maybach 62s and eight two-seater Mercedes-Benz SLs". Others apparently plying their trade include an Aston Martin DB7, two Maserati Quattroportes and eight Rolls Royce Phantoms."

Of course, some of these are likely to be owned by high end limo companies, and so would be telling the truth, but possibly not all of them :-)

And why not - £82 one off cost + £27 per year for a mini cab, or £8 per day (rising to £25 per day next October).