A motorist has been handed a Ulez fine despite their car being parked 200 miles away in Manchester when the supposed offence happened.
Retired designer Arthur Bailey reported that his son was sent a fine even though his Ford Mondeo “had never been within a hundred miles of London”.
It comes as other drivers complained about similar incidents, with one motorist being handed a fine despite donating his car to the Ukraine war effort.
Mr Bailey told The Telegraph: “My son received a penalty charge from them with the registration number and correct details of his vehicle.
“However the vehicle in the attached photograph, the ‘proof’ of the alleged crime, was clearly a completely different vehicle to his, possibly a Nissan SUV and certainly not the Ford Mondeo he owned which had never been within a hundred miles of London.
“This typifies how incompetent the Ulez system is. You’d think they’d have better things to do than chase fines for the wrong vehicles.”
Transport for London later established that Mr Bailey’s number plate had been cloned and used on another car, resulting in him being charged.
It has since waived the fine.
Another motorist reported his vehicle had been charged for entering the Ulez after its personalised number plate was mistaken for one containing similar numbers and letters.
Hugh Blanchard’s antique silver Mazda, which has the registration plate 444AA, was charged for driving in St John’s Wood, when at the time it was parked on his driveway in Bromley.
When the 64-year-old looked at pictures sent to him by TfL he discovered a camera had captured another vehicle with 444AA as part of its numberplate.
TFL said that Mr Blanchard’s car had been charged by mistake because the correct vehicle’s number plate had been slightly obscured when it snapped by the Ulez camera.
Last month Mayor of London Sadiq Khan pledged not to expand the Ulez scheme if he returns to the role after May’s election.
