London congestion zone fine waived for NHS baby driver

A £120 London congestion zone penalty for an NHS volunteer trying to save a baby's life has been waived after his case was raised in Parliament.

James Quinn, of Morecambe, entered the charge zone "unwittingly" when taking a 10-month-old for brain surgery at Great Ormond Street Hospital.

MP David Morris tabled a Commons motion saying the penalty was "deeply unfair".

Transport for London (TfL) has since decided to waive the fine, issued in May, as a "goodwill gesture".

Mr Morris, the Conservative Morecambe and Lunesdale MP, told Parliament: "People like Mr Quinn should be commended not fined."

He said the charge "risks alienating a committed volunteer who may have saved the life of the baby by getting it to a specialist unit in a timely fashion" and was "freeing up an ambulance that I am sure would have been used for several emergencies in the time it took Mr Quinn to drive to London".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-20547093

a good will gesture, ffs,why s stuff lke this not alreadylegislated for ? bloody idiots

I should think it would.