Tolls for Motorcycles

dudeeile

Copied this over from: http://www.magireland.org/2011/miscellaneous/2012-bike-tolls/

Checked for any changes and additions so the below is correct for today.

Motorway

|

Amount

|Comment
Dublin EastLink|

Free

|Use leftmost lane/cycle lane
Dublin WestLink (M50 Barrier Free tolling)|

Free

|
M1 Gormanston/Monasterboice|

€1.00

|
M3 Clonee to Kells|

€0.70

|Two tolls, €0.70 each
M4 Kilcock/Enfield/Kinnegad|

€1.50

|
M6 Galway to Ballinasloe|

€1.00

|
M7/M8 Portlaoise|

€1.00

|
N8 Rathcormac/Fermoy Bypass|

€1.00

|
N25 Waterford Bypass|

€1.00

|
Limerick Southern Ring Road (Limerick Tunnel)|

€1.00

|
Dublin Port Tunnel Southbound|

€10.00

|Monday to Friday 0600 - 1000
Dublin Port Tunnel Northbound|

€10.00

|Monday to Friday 1600 - 1900
Dublin Port Tunnel|

€3.00

|All other times including Public Holidays

Max Headroom

Bring a sh1t load of copper coins with you....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbWg-mozGsU

goodlad

Only time ive not just gone around a barrier is when i had full luggage on.
Damn Vstrom side cases stopped me fitting so i ended up paying.

Its not because I don't want to give them a euro, its because the absolute pain in the bollox getting gloves off to rummage through pockets then getting the gloves back on.

Wonda-Boy

Only an upstart would not pay a toll, I blame the parents.

Jimmy Bottlehead

goodlad wrote: »

Only time ive not just gone around a barrier is when i had full luggage on.
Damn Vstrom side cases stopped me fitting so i ended up paying.

Its not because I don't want to give them a euro, its because the absolute pain in the bollox getting gloves off to rummage through pockets then getting the gloves back on.

What actually happens if you drive around a barrier without paying?

goodlad

Your hands stay warm.

Streetwalker

Never paid one myself just sneak up the side it's not like they will chase you down for a euro.

dudeeile

I have the habit of always carrying a euro in a pocket but it seems that's not enough to cover all possibilities. It's good that the main ones in Dublin are free and I try to avoid all others but you never know.

Streetwalker wrote: »

Never paid one myself just sneak up the side it's not like they will chase you down for a euro.

Another guy told me he has never paid a toll either and he's been biking for years, never heard anything of it.

honda boi

Well being the law abiding citizen I am ,I pay my 70c toll each way everyday
I wrap the money in tinfoil and put it in the dash compartment of the bike,so no need to take gloves off.

Del2005

Streetwalker wrote: »

Never paid one myself just sneak up the side it's not like they will chase you down for a euro.

They save them up and ask for it in one go. Plenty of carvan driver's get caught by this, they go through the bucket lane and throw in the car rate when they should pay commercial. But I suppose the loose screw on the tax disc might make it harder to get bikes.

listermint

Del2005 wrote: »

They save them up and ask for it in one go. Plenty of carvan driver's get caught by this, they go through the bucket lane and throw in the car rate when they should pay commercial. But I suppose the loose screw on the tax disc might make it harder to get bikes.

Yet there are folks on here that have never paid a toll in their life .....

Max Headroom

Ye pay enough in road tax...(most on here have a car too i'm guessing..:)

Ayrtonf7

I've only ever went through a toll once. Generally try to avoid motorway riding even while commuting. Waaaay to boring.

Richard tea

Avoid tolls myself. I can see how lads get away with it passing through a toll every so often but if a lad was commuting 5 days a week and passed the toll at the same time every morning or evening I could see them getting caught?

Cienciano

Richard tea wrote: »

Avoid tolls myself. I can see how lads get away with it passing through a toll every so often but if a lad was commuting 5 days a week and passed the toll at the same time every morning or evening I could see them getting caught?

I knew a guy who did that, every day on the m50!

I drove around a couple of times. Absolute pain in the arse taking wet gloves off that you took the time to tuck up properly to keep you dry.

honda boi

Can we use those toll tags?

Fiskar

I remember the time when you paid the toll as a biker on the M50. I had a special tube and jig on the handlebars that I filled before I set off with the correct toll. Only 1 time I got to the toll barrier and 1 piece of coinage had popped out and that caught me out speed wise.

Best ting ever those cameras, free travel is great!

Cienciano

honda boi wrote: »

Can we use those toll tags?

You used to be able to, I know people who had them on the M50. No idea now since the m50 is free. Assume so.

Del2005

honda boi wrote: »

Can we use those toll tags?

We should do what they did in the UK when they started charging bikes on one of the major bridges. A group rode up with £20 notes and took ages to get through, unfortunately the toll is still there but are least it showed how stupid tolling bikes is. Only good thing is that at least we can enjoy the free alternative to the tolled motorways, unlike in a car.

thecivvie

Del2005 wrote: »

We should do what they did in the UK when they started charging bikes on one of the major bridges. A group rode up with £20 notes and took ages to get through, unfortunately the toll is still there but are least it showed how stupid tolling bikes is. Only good thing is that at least we can enjoy the free alternative to the tolled motorways, unlike in a car.

Bridge into Wales dropped the charge for bikes. Reckon a day out, hit 3 or 4 tolls with 50 bikes and all loose change they will start to think differently

duskyjoe

Any one use the port tunnel on the bike......I have to head towards swords now in the morn from the south side and seriously considering biting the bullet re the 3€ toll just to be on time re work.

Cienciano

duskyjoe wrote: »

Any one use the port tunnel on the bike......I have to head towards swords now in the morn from the south side and seriously considering biting the bullet re the 3€ toll just to be on time re work.

Yeah, it's fúcking amazing with a loud exhaust. Used to use it to the airport on a friday at rush hour from the city center, makes an amazing difference to journey time

Drumorig

Fiskar wrote: »

I remember the time when you paid the toll as a biker on the M50. I had a special tube and jig on the handlebars that I filled before I set off with the correct toll. Only 1 time I got to the toll barrier and 1 piece of coinage had popped out and that caught me out speed wise.

Best ting ever those cameras, free travel is great!

I used to pull up on the left before the toll & wait for a truck, they had to use the left lane so I'd slide up on their left hand side when they were paying the toll

jay48

Drumorig wrote: »

I used to pull up on the left before the toll & wait for a truck, they had to use the left lane so I'd slide up on their left hand side when they were paying the toll

A lad was killed doing that a few year back on the m50

Cienciano

jay48 wrote: »

A lad was killed doing that a few year back on the m50

I remember that, truck drove over his head apparently

Drumorig

ouch, nasty

Max Headroom

Cienciano wrote: »

I remember that, truck drove over his head apparently

How...????

ratracer

Why not just pay the toll, same as if you were in a car??

duskyjoe

Cienciano wrote: »

I remember that, truck drove over his head apparently

I saw the same in stillorgan years ago when a bin truck ran over a women's head after she tripped pushing a pram. Still gives me the creeps. I just pay the tolls and be done with it. We get away with it in other areas.

Del2005

Max Headroom wrote: »

How...????

Trucks are big vehicles with severely limited visibility and anyone going up beside one is taking their life in their own hands to save a few Euro, for the person in the M50, or a few seconds, for the hundreds of cyclists who get caught under them in all cities.

Just stay away from large vehicles as there's nothing worth risking your life to ride close beside one. Be thankful that the majority of large vehicle drivers are highly skilled or else we'd have way more carnage on the roads.

Nodster

Rarely use it, but stuck for time I used the Port Tunnel this evening and reckoned I cut my usual route between Balbriggan and Stillorgan by nearly 20 mins.
Use the M1 toll the odd time, handy for now that it's currently a euro, usually stick my coin with blutac to the tank rather than fiddle for change anytime I'm heading further than Dundalk, otherwise it the old roads