 Hundreds of drivers charged by a ULEZ camera that was put in the wrong place will be given their money back. The camera had been wrongly placed just outside the newly expanded Ultra Low Emissions Zone, on the junction of Old Redding and the A409. The junction separates Watford in Hertfordshire and Stanmore in north London, and the camera was positioned on the Hertfordshire side. It was installed on August 29, when the controversial scheme was extended to all of Greater London. A map showing the junction where the ULEZ camera was wrongly placed (Picture: GOOGLE/PA) Drivers with non-ULEZ compliant vehicles were charged £12.50, while some were even threatened with a £180 if they didn't pay up, the MailOnline reports. TfL said the affected motorists have been refunded and the camera was switched off when it realised the error, before being repositioned. Some of those hit by the fines say they're relieved about the refund but claim the error caused a lot of inconvenience and worry. Joe, 49, a maintenance worker who didn't want to give his surname, lives outside the ULEZ zone but has a ULEZ auto-pay account for when he visits his parents. However, he said he was incorrectly charged £12.50 by the camera, when he was certain he hadn't crossed into the zone. TfL said it's checked all other cameras near ULEZ boundaries none are wrongly placed (Picture: PA) He contacted TfL to say he was wrongly charged but was told he must have drivenin a ULEZ area as it was captured on camera. 'I told them that TfL are charging and fining people who haven't driven inside the zone and wasting hours of my time disputing charges that are actually a TfL mistake,' he said. 'My pleas fell on deaf ears, so I'm delighted to find out today that I – and many other motorists – were right all along. They were wrong and now they have to pay for it.' Joe, who desc){kind=link}
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Hundreds of drivers charged by a ULEZ camera that was put in the wrong place will be given their money back.
The camera had been wrongly placed just outside the newly expanded Ultra Low Emissions Zone, on the junction of Old Redding and the A409.
The junction separates Watford in Hertfordshire and Stanmore in north London, and the camera was positioned on the Hertfordshire side.
It was installed on August 29, when the controversial scheme was extended to all of Greater London.