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New electronic barrier free toll plaza rip off.

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    biko
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    drdre
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    Its already been talked about on another thread


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    Gregor Samsa
    Registered Users Posts: 8,926 ✭✭✭Gregor Samsa


    here's the link:

    http://www.independent.ie/national-news/barrierfree-toll-to-cost-50pc-more-in-new-plan-1245509.html


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    C_Breeze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,435 ✭✭✭C_Breeze


    Thats such a disgrace. We really do get screwed with all these ridiculous taxes .. but at the end of the day we're the ones bending over so they'll just keep coming up with new ways of screwing us over again and again.

    The way they are planning to implement the barrier free tolling is absolutely ridiculous and discriminatory. ...

    And whats with foreign reg'd cars not having to pay (or being "unable" rather) ... another great incentive to all the polskis, lithuanians, romanians etc out there not to VRT their cars.


    Its so crazy, expensive and overly complex - why cant they just go with 2c fuel levy instead :confused: Its simpler and more logical solution (although we already have ridiculous tax rates as it is, so this would be the lesser of 2 evils)


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    Run_to_da_hills
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    C_Breeze wrote: »
    Thats such a disgrace. We really do get screwed with all these ridiculous taxes ..
    You will not just be screwed, when this system is fully implimented your movements could be pinpointed right across the city. This electronic tag is RFID (radio) based and can be picked up with any compatible scanner from a distance.


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    Mitch Connor
    Registered Users Posts: 45,118 ✭✭✭✭Mitch Connor


    How will this work?

    Is it anyone using the M50 at all, or driving through specific parts of it? Ie; I do not go throught he toll booth at the moment, so will the change effect me?


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    craichoe
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    And whats with foreign reg'd cars not having to pay (or being "unable" rather) ... another great incentive to all the polskis, lithuanians, romanians etc out there not to VRT their cars.

    Well .. most of them don't toll you.. so i don't see why we should toll them.

    With the exception of France with their Tolls and Austria with their special foreigner tax of course.

    I quite like driving on the Autobahn and not having to pay another tax thanks very much :)


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    C_Breeze
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    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    You will not just be screwed, when this system is fully implimented your movements could be pinpointed right across the city. This electronic tag is RFID (radio) based and can be picked up with any compatible scanner from a distance.


    Well F**K that.

    I only use the M50 to get from Blanchardstown to Dun Laghoire .. If thats the case they can pi$$ of with their tolls and i'll by pass it through Lucan.

    Sure, its an Extra distance to travel but the toll money can go into my pterol tank instead to cover the extra few miles.


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    JHMEG
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    C_Breeze wrote: »
    If thats the case they can pi$$ of with their tolls and i'll by pass it through Lucan.
    I've been living a few miles from the westlink for 8 years now, and for 8 years I have successfully avoided it!

    Not opposed to toll roads in principle (like the M6 Toll and the Severn Bridge in the UK), but am opposed to tolling vital pieces of national infrastructure.


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    Savman
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    And drivers who refuse to pay toll fees face fines of at least €40 -- and the possibility of being brought to court.
    Are they really gonna clog up court time with unpaid toll fees? If they cant sort out 500,000 driving tests, how are they gonna take 1m odd people to court without going into meltdown??

    This has train wreck written all over it tbh.


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    C_Breeze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,435 ✭✭✭C_Breeze


    JHMEG wrote: »
    I've been living a few miles from the westlink for 8 years now, and for 8 years I have successfully avoided it!

    Not opposed to toll roads in principle (like the M6 Toll and the Severn Bridge in the UK), but am opposed to tolling vital pieces of national infrastructure.

    Thats it - From now on i'm doing the same. I vow not to use the toll bridge again.

    I use it approximately 4 days a week out of 7 - thats €16 toll fee

    the extra milage from my house to Dun Laghoire going through Lucan as opposed through the Toll is roughly an extra 3 to 4 miles.

    So according to my calculations thats an extra 25 - 30miles a week .


    ... €16 will get me approximately 13liters of petrol which in my car will get me about 60 miles.


    GOODBYE WESTLINK TOLL BRIDGE!


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