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Eurolink Tolls fair increase

silvine · 2013-01-02 09:15:19

I drove through the N4 toll this morning and found they've jacked up their already extortionate prices again. It's now EUR2.90 for a car.

02-01-2013 9:15am

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I drove through the N4 toll this morning and found they've jacked up their already extortionate prices again. It's now EUR2.90 for a car.

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#2 02-01-2013 9:21am

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Use backroads?

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#3 02-01-2013 9:22am

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silvine wrote: »

I drove through the N4 toll this morning and found they've jacked up their already extortionate prices again. It's now EUR2.90 for a car.

Liar.

Clear to see from the pic attached that you're in a chopper/plane.

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#4 02-01-2013 9:38am

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Dravokivich wrote: »

Use backroads?

I normally do.

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#5 02-01-2013 9:57am

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silvine wrote: »

I drove through the N4 toll this morning and found they've jacked up their already extortionate prices again. It's now EUR2.90 for a car.

Fare enough.

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#6 02-01-2013 10:15am

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In all seriousness though, where does this cash collected head to?

I've heard it said that the tolls paid don't go towards our govt, but a private company somewhere, does that mean that its not council/govt responsibility for the upkeep of toll charged roads?

€2.90 per toll, based on a five day working week would soon add up.
What would be 'saved' by avoiding the toll would soon be lost via extra fuel needed to circumvent the toll booth.

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#7 02-01-2013 10:16am

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Dravokivich wrote: »

Use backroads?

Durty.

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#8 02-01-2013 10:37am

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Car wánkers!

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#9 02-01-2013 10:40am

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Why has the N4 toll always been so much more expensive than any other toll in the country?

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#10 02-01-2013 10:53am

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TheBody wrote: »

Why has the N4 toll always been so much more expensive than any other toll in the country?

Because you touch yourself at night.

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#11 02-01-2013 11:00am

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Now takes about 2 hours to get from Dublin to Galway. Thats worth €2.90 (at least) IMO. Apart from the petrol saved, how much is your time worth?

If you don't think €2.90 is worth spending, you still have other options

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#12 02-01-2013 11:04am

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Dodge wrote: »

Now takes about 2 hours to get from Dublin to Galway. Thats worth €2.90 (at least) IMO. Apart from the petrol saved, how much is your time worth?

If you don't think €2.90 is worth spending, you still have other options

I'm actually a bit glad because now I don't need to worry about having 10 cent coins so only need euro, 50c and 20c. First world problems...

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#13 02-01-2013 11:13am

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Caliden wrote: »

I'm actually a bit glad because now I don't need to worry about having 10 cent coins so only need euro, 50c and 20c. First world problems...

Double joy!

Give them €3, hey pesto, 10c change!

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#14 02-01-2013 11:18am

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TwoShedsJackson wrote: »

Because you touch yourself at night.

Your lucky it's not €5 per trip so!!

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#15 02-01-2013 11:18am

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Pay them in 1 cent coins, drive slowly through the toll. Waste their time and you'll see change........ not just 10c change.

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#16 02-01-2013 11:35am

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Going through the toll saves me about 15 minutes. I'm travelling from Maynooth to Mullingar. It's not really worth EUR2.90. I'm not sure about the petrol savings.

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#17 02-01-2013 11:43am

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I'd hate to be paying that twice a day, 5 days a week, 52 weeks of the year!

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#18 02-01-2013 12:08pm

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shedweller wrote: »

I'd hate to be paying that twice a day, 5 days a week, 52 weeks of the year!

mainly because it'd mean you'd have no days off though, yeah?

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#19 02-01-2013 12:16pm

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Ghandee wrote: »

What would be 'saved' by avoiding the toll would soon be lost via extra fuel needed to circumvent the toll booth.

Not at all, you're driving slower on the old N4 so there's a saving there, if you keep it steady and just go with the flow you'l use even less fuel than you would doing 120 on the motorway.

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#20 02-01-2013 12:22pm

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Ghandee wrote: »

Liar.

Clear to see from the pic attached that you're in a chopper/plane.

Clear to see from the pic that even though the road is empty car is using right lane. So it is a sort of tradition here in Ireland. :eek:

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#21 02-01-2013 12:27pm

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Ghandee wrote: »

does that mean that its not council/govt responsibility for the upkeep of toll charged roads?

I think we pay part of the up keep, if the toll operator has a short fall in the turn over the tax payer foots that bill also.

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#22 02-01-2013 12:31pm

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