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Old 19-08-2008, 10:34 AM
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Lacey, of course, hence why you see phrases like "IF it was done fairly" of course it wont be, it will be to make money, as things always are in the UK, as we have massive national debt and an expensive country to run.
Old 19-08-2008, 10:36 AM
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I have read most of the above and it is enough to make a persons blood boil coz know mater how you word it or say it or put it it is just a way to get more money from the people that dont have any which would make the rich get richer and the poor get poorer and the problems wont end there as all the little back lanes will get more motors on them making them crap for a quick blout any more, and if they wont to cut down the cars on the road then dont make so bloody many of them, and as for co"s from a car go it is said that tyres give off more bad gasses than what the motors do.
And if the goverment do put a price on miles they wont make it work out cheaper for us by dropping the tax as what you have to remember is they would not do it if there werent money in it and then that would also be somthing else to put up when they waste the countries money , so if you think that its for your own benifit for one min" then more fool you as there are means and ways of doing things like this without taking our money, for start stop getting the people of this countrie to paying for there second home when most people find it hard to pay for there own .
Any way i will get off my high horse now
Old 19-08-2008, 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Chip
The WHOLE idea of road pricing, is that rural empty roads get no or very little charge, and congested city roads cost a fortune, this doesnt happen currently.
But the inherent flaw (as I'm sure you're aware) is that it will push traffic onto rural roads that really can't take the traffic. I live 14 miles from work and could drive about 13 of those miles on little country lanes if I wished. If they did nationwide road charging folk would boycott the bypasses and join me on roads that are barely on the map!
Old 19-08-2008, 11:07 AM
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Be very interested to know if the M6 Toll is paying its way.

I will never use it out of principle.
Old 19-08-2008, 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by neilm
Be very interested to know if the M6 Toll is paying its way.

I will never use it out of principle.
whys that?
Old 19-08-2008, 11:50 AM
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i'll be using the m6 toll today, both ways

it's much better than going closer to birmingham in any case plus it's somewhere you can go really really quickly on
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