- 'They’re not getting a cent off me': Furious truck driver who refuses to pay daily toll fees racks up $65,000 in unpaid fines
- By Ben Hill
- 08/09/2017 Make a Comment (9)
- Contributed by: Royce ( 1 article in 2017 )
Scott Jones, a father-of-two, uses a toll road to commute to work each week but refuses to pay
A truck driver from Western Sydney is refusing to pay for using toll roads - racking up almost $65,000 after four years of refusing to contribute a cent.
Scott Jones uses a toll road to get to and from work five days a week, but refuses to pay to use it.
The father-of-two has bundles of unopened letters mounting up, but said 'there's no real point in opening them'.
Mr Jones says he is unhappy with the state of the Sydney roading network
'They can forget it, they're not getting my money... not even 50 cents,' Mr Jones told A Current Affair.
'I'm not going to pay something that's not more important... than putting food on the table for my kids.'
Commuting to and from work, Mr Jones has clocked up about $60 a day each week, leading to a total of almost $65,000 outstanding.
Part of his reasoning behind not paying the toll is a lack of satisfaction with the city's roading network.
'The road's not up to scratch. You wouldn't go to a mechanic and fully pay for a half job.'
He said his drive to work should take 10 minutes, but can sometimes take 40 sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic.
Mr Jones has piles of unopened letters demanding toll payment but refuses to open them
He has racked up almost $65,000 in toll road fees after he paid his last toll four years ago
'I just use it, I don't care.'
Mr Jones said he'd rather donate the money to a homeless person that pay the toll.
New South Wales shadow roading minister Jodi McKay said she sympathised with Mr Jones' situation.
'People feel that tolls are unfair, they feel they're unjust.'
Mr Jones uses a toll road to drive to work five days a week, racking up $60 in tolls a day
National Roads and Motoring Association spokesman Peter Khoury warned not paying tolls can come with 'serious consequences', including loss of licence.
One of Australia's largest toll operators - Transurban - collected more than $2 billion in toll fees last year making a profit of $210 million.
Mr Jones said he would rather donate the money to a homeless person than pay the toll
Scott Jones uses a toll road to get to and from work five days a week, but refuses to pay to use it.
The father-of-two has bundles of unopened letters mounting up, but said 'there's no real point in opening them'.
Mr Jones says he is unhappy with the state of the Sydney roading network
'They can forget it, they're not getting my money... not even 50 cents,' Mr Jones told A Current Affair.
'I'm not going to pay something that's not more important... than putting food on the table for my kids.'
Commuting to and from work, Mr Jones has clocked up about $60 a day each week, leading to a total of almost $65,000 outstanding.
Part of his reasoning behind not paying the toll is a lack of satisfaction with the city's roading network.
'The road's not up to scratch. You wouldn't go to a mechanic and fully pay for a half job.'
He said his drive to work should take 10 minutes, but can sometimes take 40 sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic.
Mr Jones has piles of unopened letters demanding toll payment but refuses to open them
He has racked up almost $65,000 in toll road fees after he paid his last toll four years ago
'I just use it, I don't care.'
Mr Jones said he'd rather donate the money to a homeless person that pay the toll.
New South Wales shadow roading minister Jodi McKay said she sympathised with Mr Jones' situation.
'People feel that tolls are unfair, they feel they're unjust.'
Mr Jones uses a toll road to drive to work five days a week, racking up $60 in tolls a day
National Roads and Motoring Association spokesman Peter Khoury warned not paying tolls can come with 'serious consequences', including loss of licence.
One of Australia's largest toll operators - Transurban - collected more than $2 billion in toll fees last year making a profit of $210 million.
Mr Jones said he would rather donate the money to a homeless person than pay the toll
Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4864898/Truck-driver-refuses-pay-toll-racking-65-000.html
Who created this registered name?
Who has the intellectual property rights to it?
If it's a trust who is the trustee and who is the beneficiary?
Is the state the creator/settlor or trustee of the trust?
Where is full disclosure of any deed and terms?
Anyone demanding either money or obligation from anyone must be required to provide proofs.
YEP, it's all a SHAM. There are so many holes in this rubbish it just aint funny. People just have to wake up and stop paying these extortion demands to signal to the State that the public don't want any more lies and deception!!!
Where's the full disclosure, incl licensing arrangements between State and these road corps like TransUrban?
Unilateral and Unfair terms at best?
What's the consideration?
Imbalance in power?
All unlawful and unenforceable!
Letters are a form of harassment, menace & unsolicited mail. All illegal.
Another way the State is unlawfully taxing the community.
Time to wake up Dorothy...
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