turnip:
Isn’t it about time this ridiculous set up was dragged into the twenty first century ■■ Either banish the tolls or automate them. Please.
get a tag, they are automatic
Not much help if you have to queue in traffic for 40 minutes to get to the toll plaza…
There’s “tag only” lanes for cars, so how come there’s never been some for lorries only?
Even the wide load “lane zero” lets cars through paying with more shrapnel than a grenade, which they then proceed to chuck at the caged keeper like a dodgems Ï€key might do bringing you your change out of a £20 note…
Oh, pics from google maps! How nice! They always are so nice, because they are made in days and times when the traffic is as low as possible for obvious reasons
Why have the Dartford Tolls never had left hand side booths? They could easily be accommodated on the two left hand lanes and these could still accept Tags. There is a high percentage of LHD vehicles using the crossings which have never been catered for. It would spped things up, save driver climbing across cab to pay. and why not accept Euros? say a straight five E’s each way. The downside is obviously drivers in the wrong lanes and holding others up.
Some regular LHD users seem to have Dart Tags now but many don’t. Some of the accidents at the tolls I’m sure are caused by cars suddenly spotting they are behind a foreign registered vehicle so change lanes to avoid being held up!
If drivers (cars I’m talking here!) have queued for ages why do they wait til they get to the barrier before finding the money!
roadhog69:
Why have the Dartford Tolls never had left hand side booths? They could easily be accommodated on the two left hand lanes and these could still accept Tags. There is a high percentage of LHD vehicles using the crossings which have never been catered for. It would spped things up, save driver climbing across cab to pay. and why not accept Euros? say a straight five E’s each way. The downside is obviously drivers in the wrong lanes and holding others up.
Some regular LHD users seem to have Dart Tags now but many don’t. Some of the accidents at the tolls I’m sure are caused by cars suddenly spotting they are behind a foreign registered vehicle so change lanes to avoid being held up!
If drivers (cars I’m talking here!) have queued for ages why do they wait til they get to the barrier before finding the money!
Yeah, french have RHD booths for most the way to Paris for example…
As for Euros: why on eart they don’t accept cards?
roadhog69:
Some of the accidents at the tolls I’m sure are caused by cars suddenly spotting they are behind a foreign registered vehicle so change lanes to avoid being held up!
Cockneys in a RUSH! should be like the jocks = NO tolls!
turnip:
Isn’t it about time this ridiculous set up was dragged into the twenty first century ■■ Either banish the tolls or automate them. Please.
get a tag, they are automatic
Not much help if you have to queue in traffic for 40 minutes to get to the toll plaza…
There’s “tag only” lanes for cars, so how come there’s never been some for lorries only?
Even the wide load “lane zero” lets cars through paying with more shrapnel than a grenade, which they then proceed to chuck at the caged keeper like a dodgems Ï€key might do bringing you your change out of a £20 note…
Where are these lanes one i have highlighted in red.Outside 4 lanes take cash and tags for cars only they just accept coins only no change given.
No.
The HA/Government ‘own’ the bridge/tunnel. The toll has paid off the original charge and the toll is now a congestion charge which is an important revenue stream to maintain the network. The HA let contracts for the operation of the bridge/tunnel.
att:
Why don`t various logistics and haulage companies, get together and file a law suit against the Govt. Citing the previous statements and sue the arse off this money grabbing bunch of [zb]
Because the government’s defence will always be
"It’s all Gordon Brown’s fault. We still don’t run the country after two years in office, and won’t admit to running it until our economy is out of the mire. We can’t very well be expected to keep promises that please the public made by a government no longer in office now can we?"
Funny how the current firm has not reversed any bloodsucking policies set up by the previous government eh?
It’s not too late to stop stealing our pensions, paying out too much incapacity benefits, paying dole for anyone out of work over a year, or charging umpteen times a year for anything to do with DVLA. I’m sure you can expand on this list, as it must be as close to endless as it’s possible to get!
up here in jock land the first thing the scottish goverment done when we got our own parliment was to abolish the bridge tolls .iirc the toll for a coach on the skye bridge was £81 return.
its about the only good thing this bunch have done for road haulage and tourism
