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09/8/2011 at 9:20am
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That's a good idea. It beats my stopping to take a photo.
I've used street view when I knew the postcode, not sure how I find a sign on the side of a sliproad, but I'll give it a go.
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09/8/2011 at 9:33am
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I wouldn't have thought you would be able to stop to take photos but if you can then that's even better
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15/8/2011 at 9:17pm
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We were travelling southbound on M6 yesterday and were going to take the toll to use the lovely service station The sign definitely says "trailers are charged extra". Fortunately, now I have read this post, we chose the M6, (unfortunately we then took a comfort break at Hilton Park services but that's another issue!)
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19/8/2011 at 10:50am
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The whole situation with the M6 Toll is a rip-off IMO. The scheme should never have been a toll in the first place but a government highways agency road like all other motorways we pay are road tax for.
NO instead the idea was sold to a private company (Australian at that) to screw moterists in the area of their money.
OFFICIALLY A RIP_OFF!!!
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19/8/2011 at 12:40pm
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Quote: Originally posted by mjw1999 on 19/8/2011
The whole situation with the M6 Toll is a rip-off IMO. The scheme should never have been a toll in the first place but a government highways agency road like all other motorways we pay are road tax for. NO instead the idea was sold to a private company (Australian at that) to screw moterists in the area of their money. OFFICIALLY A RIP_OFF!!!
But how do you respond if I were to say to you that the road would never have been built had it not been built as a toll road? Its pointless talking about the amount of tax you pay on your car or fuel as that goes into general Government coffers and helps to pay for the NHS and the Police etc. About a quarter of a million people a week are willing to pay the toll. It can only be a rip-off if people have no other choice which they do. Which just leaves a decision on whether to pay a toll and travel on a relatively uncongested road or take a risk and use the M6. I suspect in future any new motorways will be built the same way. There was talk of extending the toll motorway towards Manchester but have not heard anything recently.
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19/8/2011 at 1:38pm
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Quote: Originally posted by mjw1999 on 19/8/2011
The whole situation with the M6 Toll is a rip-off IMO. The scheme should never have been a toll in the first place but a government highways agency road like all other motorways we pay are road tax for.
NO instead the idea was sold to a private company (Australian at that) to screw moterists in the area of their money.
OFFICIALLY A RIP_OFF!!!
Its choice, innit. You don't have to use it. We have just decided not to use it any more even though it is dead convenient for visiting our daughter in Oxford.
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20/8/2011 at 8:34am
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We wished we had used the toll on Tuesday, it was lunchtime and the M6 through Birmingham was still horrendous but at least the traffic kept moving. I don't mind the price for a quick smooth run.
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20/8/2011 at 2:51pm
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Quote: Originally posted by David Klyne on 19/8/2011
Quote: Originally posted by mjw1999 on 19/8/2011 The whole situation with the M6 Toll is a rip-off IMO. The scheme should never have been a toll in the first place but a government highways agency road like all other motorways we pay are road tax for.
NO instead the idea was sold to a private company (Australian at that) to screw moterists in the area of their money.
OFFICIALLY A RIP_OFF!!!
But how do you respond if I were to say to you that the road would never have been built had it not been built as a toll road? Its pointless talking about the amount of tax you pay on your car or fuel as that goes into general Government coffers and helps to pay for the NHS and the Police etc. About a quarter of a million people a week are willing to pay the toll. It can only be a rip-off if people have no other choice which they do. Which just leaves a decision on whether to pay a toll and travel on a relatively uncongested road or take a risk and use the M6. I suspect in future any new motorways will be built the same way. There was talk of extending the toll motorway towards Manchester but have not heard anything recently. David
Hi David.
What i am trying to say is that now the toll road is in place, there is no possible opportunity for a normal highways agency relief road for the M6 to take place in that area which would have been free of charge, which is what the road tax paying motorist deserved 10 years ago.
So the goverments one and only opertunity to sort this out Has GONE and was done in a cost cutting cowards way of selling the idea to a private company which did not fully address the problem.
So the road tax payers only chance to ease a major congestion problem around the M6 was sold on to make money. THAT IS THE CON!
I will never use the toll road for that reason. In fact i would say to the minority of people who do needlessly use it YOU ARE PAVING THE WAY FOR MORE TOLL ROADS.
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