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Toll roads = modern highwaymen

Pretzeluck · 2018-12-18 20:25:45

Don't pay the toll, you're going to jail budy Medieval times = pay the toll or die The modern government supports these tolls by making it official. Highwaymen were executed in middle ages but look where we went from there. From execution to full open government support. Yes, toll the ****e out of them. Find me a toll road…

18-12-2018 8:25pm

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Don't pay the toll, you're going to jail budy

Medieval times = pay the toll or die

The modern government supports these tolls by making it official. Highwaymen were executed in middle ages but look where we went from there. From execution to full open government support. Yes, toll the ****e out of them. Find me a toll road in the UK.

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#2 18-12-2018 8:26pm

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Pretzeluck wrote: »

Don't pay the toll, you're going to jail budy

Medieval times = pay the toll or die

The modern government supports these tolls by making it official. Highwaymen were executed in middle ages but look where we went from there. From execution to full open support.

You might want to check when the first toll road was

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#3 18-12-2018 8:28pm

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ganmo wrote: »

You might want to check when the first toll road was

How is this relevant? Is this thread about when highwaymen first appeared? Is it?

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#4 18-12-2018 8:28pm

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Pretzeluck wrote: »

Find me a toll road in the UK.

Are you serious?

From https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/advice/legal/a-guide-to-uk-toll-roads-bridges/

"There are 23 tolls, or toll roads, in the UK; 18 of which are river crossings."

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#5 18-12-2018 8:28pm

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Pretzeluck wrote: »

Don't pay the toll, you're going to jail budy

Medieval times = pay the toll or die

The modern government supports these tolls by making it official. Highwaymen were executed in middle ages but look where we went from there. From execution to full open government support. Yes, toll the ****e out of them. Find me a toll road in the UK.

London City Centre

Dartford Crossing

M6 Toll Road

Severn Bridge

Forth Road Bridge

Humber Bridge

(That's just what I've crossed in the past few months.)

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#6 18-12-2018 8:28pm

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Pretzeluck wrote: »

. Find me a toll road in the UK.

I can find you 35 of them.

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#7 18-12-2018 8:29pm

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Alun wrote: »

Are you serious?

From https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/advice/legal/a-guide-to-uk-toll-roads-bridges/

"There are 23 tolls, or toll roads, in the UK; 18 of which are river crossings."

Fake news

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#8 18-12-2018 8:29pm

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I’m pretty sure nobody forced any motorist to use a toll road, in fact I’d say there is most certainly an alternative route....

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#9 18-12-2018 8:29pm

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colm_mcm wrote: »

I can find you 35 of them.

Find

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#10 18-12-2018 8:30pm

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ratracer wrote: »

I’m pretty sure nobody forced any motorist to use a toll road, in fact I’d say there is most certainly an alternative route....

Highwaymen didn't force them either, they didn't have to take the highway

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#11 18-12-2018 8:32pm

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Are you old enough to drive OP?

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#12 18-12-2018 8:32pm

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Pretzeluck wrote: »

Highwaymen didn't force them either, they didn't have to take the highway

That makes no sense in reply to the fact that you can safely avoid tolls if you wish.

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#13 18-12-2018 8:32pm

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If it was the Kings Road then you had to pay a toll to use the same road that the King had ridden down!

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#14 18-12-2018 8:40pm

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I for one favour the premium highways. Tolls help keep the riff-raff off the road while I'm under way. Let the bangers stick to the back roads where I don't have to look at them.

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#15 18-12-2018 8:45pm

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Jaysus if you think our tolls are bad don't drive in France!

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#16 18-12-2018 8:48pm

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Pretzeluck wrote: »

Don't pay the toll, you're going to jail budy

Medieval times = pay the toll or die

The modern government supports these tolls by making it official. Highwaymen were executed in middle ages but look where we went from there. From execution to full open government support. Yes, toll the ****e out of them. Find me a toll road in the UK.

Here you go

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersey_Gateway

There's plenty more all over the UK

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#17 18-12-2018 9:00pm

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KevRossi wrote: »

Severn Bridge

Free for users since yesterday.

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#18 18-12-2018 9:04pm

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Pretzeluck wrote: »

Fake news

Idiotic posts like this are the reason it's difficult to believe anything you write.

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#19 18-12-2018 9:05pm

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Pay the toll but dont feed the bloody troll

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=108636542&postcount=32

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#20 18-12-2018 9:08pm

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ED E wrote: »

Pay the toll but dont feed the bloody troll

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=108636542&postcount=32

That’s the best you can come up with?

Threads started by the OP:

https://www.boards.ie/search/submit/?user=886827&threads=1&sort=newest&date_to=&date_from=&query=%2A%3A%2A&page=1

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#21 18-12-2018 9:11pm

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KevRossi wrote: »

London City Centre

Dartford Crossing

M6 Toll Road

Severn Bridge

Forth Road Bridge

Humber Bridge

(That's just what I've crossed in the past few months.)

The Severn Bridge Toll got removed this week. The bridge made its money back and was returned to Public domain or what ever. They reckon its removal could boost Wales economy by 100mill per year.

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#22 18-12-2018 10:27pm

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Bull****. There's only ever been one modern Highwayman.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B2a6l6wM2k

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#23 18-12-2018 11:19pm

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Vote with your feet, move to a place without toll roads.

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#24 18-12-2018 11:33pm

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fek it!

thats it, not paying the toll. not paying my morgage, not even paying off my credit card charges in January

so there

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#25 18-12-2018 11:36pm

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A question, OP....

Well, two questions really. One for you. A second, slightly more philosophical one, for everybody else reading this.

1. Have you ever had a non-stupid thought?

2. Do ye think he'd know?

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#26 18-12-2018 11:37pm

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Pretzeluck wrote: »

Don't pay the toll, you're going to jail budy

Medieval times = pay the toll or die

The modern government supports these tolls by making it official. Highwaymen were executed in middle ages but look where we went from there. From execution to full open government support. Yes, toll the ****e out of them. Find me a toll road in the UK.

There are loads in the UK.

https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/advice/legal/a-guide-to-uk-toll-roads-bridges/

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#27 18-12-2018 11:44pm

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PirateShampoo wrote: »

The Severn Bridge Toll got removed this week. The bridge made its money back and was returned to Public domain or what ever. They reckon its removal could boost Wales economy by 100mill per year.

Anyone that doesn't come to your country because it costs a fiver probably won't be boosting your economy by much when it's free.

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#28 19-12-2018 12:36am

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Eagerly awaiting your next thread complaining about taxes being spent on roads you don't use.

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#29 19-12-2018 2:55am

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endacl wrote: »

A question, OP....

Well, two questions really. One for you. A second, slightly more philosophical one, for everybody else reading this.

1. Have you ever had a non-stupid thought?

2. Do ye think he'd know?

I'm sure you're very intelligent. In this case it's you that doesn't know.

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#30 19-12-2018 4:46am

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7Hgm_Vv7a8

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