Automotive KenBuster claims congestion success KenBuster claims congestion success |
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| Written by Matt Chapman | |
| Tuesday, 05 August 2008 | |
 The KenBuster gadget claims to have cut the number of people being fined over none payment of the London Congestion Charge, based on figures released today. Matt McCluskey, who invented the automatic payment device, claimed Kenbuster’s 5,000 users had helped cut the amount of fines by almost 1,000 per day.
KenBuster is a small box about the size of a mobile phone that uses GPS technology to detect when a vehicle enters the congestion charging zone. If it decides that the user’s vehicle has entered the area at a chargeable time and day, an automatic payment is made to Transport for London using the method set up by the user when they registered with KenBuster. “With more than 5,000 London motorists regularly using the KenBuster, the company believes that the device has been responsible for a significant number of serial offenders no longer being caught out and saving themselves thousands in the process,” a statement said today. According to Transport for London, the number of people incurring a Congestion Charge fine each day has dropped to 5,600, from 6,500 last year. “TfL has made it easier to pay the charge and that’s certainly helped reduce the number of people getting fined, but nothing makes paying the charge as easy as the KenBuster device,” said McCluskey. The KenBuster is priced at £199.99 with no monthly fees, or it can be bought for £49.99 with a minimum 12-month contract running at £8 a month.
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