I've been getting those for quite some time now. Just ignore it , as long as your account stays above zero there won't be a problem. I'm not loaning the government any more money over what is usually in my dart charge account. Have you also noticed that the minimum top up amount is now £10 rather than the £5 it was at the start?

It's a long way from the original promise that the crossing would be free, once the bridge had paid for itself, which should have happened around 2003.

it's a load of hogwash .... corporate or in this case QANGO shoe repairs ..... or bullying

I grew up nearby and living as I do in Kent I frequently use this crossing to visit family and more .... I generally top up @ £13.36 a go, ie sufficent for 8 crossings, like the earlier poster I'm not becoming a money lender, especially to a waste of time backdoor taxation entity like the these DART people .. I usually wait until there is about £5.01 (3 journeys at the reduced rate of £1.67 per crossing) then top up.

There is one good thing about this charge, the facility to have more than one vehicle use the account .... so my wife's car and my car are recorded, last week one of my brothers came ot Kent and I put his car on the system too.

One of the many bad things is that although it uses the same logo on road signs as the London Congestion Charge it is a totally separate entity, an adminstrative nuisance.

Best time to use the crossing ... Sunday 8am, worse time, any other time that the charge applies. Probably one of the most mentioned sretches of road on the national rado traffic news. Seems to be always longer journey time using northbound tunnels than the southbound bridge.

All payments are made online and like the car tax (road fund licence) many think they can avoid payment, the system fails the honest motorist.

Crossing is free to use after 10pm, but don't hang around at 21.59 waiting for the free time to start ....they don't like that!

(I must be daft ... thinking there would be some Christmas cheer with free all day crossings!)