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Toll jumpers

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  • #32
    Pataman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,541 ✭✭✭Pataman


    M4Girl wrote: »
    Ludo, you are of course entitled to your opinion, and as someone who has worked on motorways and toll roads for 25 years I am entitled to mine. We can agree to differ.

    Cedrus, the first toll road opened I think 6 years ago in Ireland, so they aren't that new as a concept. Still, as I pointed out above, we are all entitled to our own opinions and I shall retire as gracefully as I can from this discussion.

    M4Girl.

    1984 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East-Link_%28Dublin%29


  • #33
    antoobrien
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,106 ✭✭✭antoobrien


    Cedrus wrote: »
    Tollgates are still a relatively new concept in Ireland and not everyone sees them regularly (if at all)

    As somebody else pointed out they're around for more than 20 years.

    Besides many people will have used similar barriers in car parks, so stop trying to excuse people for stupidity and recklessness.


  • #34
    Irish and Proud
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,735 ✭✭✭Irish and Proud


    M4Girl wrote: »
    Ludo, you are of course entitled to your opinion, and as someone who has worked on motorways and toll roads for 25 years I am entitled to mine. We can agree to differ.

    Cedrus, the first toll road opened I think 6 years ago in Ireland, so they aren't that new as a concept. Still, as I pointed out above, we are all entitled to our own opinions and I shall retire as gracefully as I can from this discussion.

    M4Girl.

    We have had toll bridges since 1984 IIRC - East Link (1984) and Westlink (1990).

    AFAIK, the first toll road in either Ireland or the UK (where a motorist can pay for the use of a road without encountering a major bridge) was the M1 Drogheda Bypass (2003) - this was followed fairly quickly by the UK's M6 Birmingham Northern Relief Road (Dec 2003). I guess the next toll roads in Ireland were the M4 Kilcock to Kinnegad (no major bridge at all) (2005) and M8 Fermoy Bypass (2006) IIRC. I regularly pay to use the Drogheda Bypass - frequently without using the Boyne Bridge.

    Regards!


  • #35
    fasttalkerchat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,652 ✭✭✭fasttalkerchat


    Ludo wrote: »
    That makes no sense....those accidents are not caused by braking suddenly. The braking suddenly is to try avoid an accident as they weren't paying attention....i.e. the braking suddenly is not the root cause.

    Planning to brake at the last minute then. Cars driving up to the barrier at 80 km/h and then breaking a few metres away from it.


  • #36
    Cedrus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,429 ✭✭✭Cedrus


    antoobrien wrote: »
    Besides many people will have used similar barriers in car parks, so stop trying to excuse people for stupidity and recklessness.

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  • #37
    Stinicker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,102 ✭✭✭Stinicker


    Cedrus wrote: »
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvncZl7X2hU
    :D

    I heard of this happening on the barrier free toll bridge on the M50 but this is the first I have heard of it happening elsewhere and involving the barrier tolls.


  • #38
    Irish and Proud
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,735 ✭✭✭Irish and Proud


    bbuzz wrote: »
    Irish and Proud wrote: »
    AFAIK, the first toll road in either Ireland or the UK (where a motorist can pay for the use of a road without encountering a major bridge) was the M1 Drogheda Bypass (2003)

    This doesn't count as a major bridge? :confused:

    It does, but if you travel on the M1 between Jct 7 and Jct 8/9, you will pay the toll without actually crossing the bridge. Therefore, you end up paying for the use of the road rather than the bridge.


  • #39
    persie11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 97 ✭✭persie11


    hey,

    i got on the M8 near Fermoy, there is a toll booth on the on-reamp. A truck was ahead of me and was taking an age, so when he finally took off I was in my own little world when the car behind me blew the horn at me, I took off starled and drove past the booth, the green light was on and the barrier up, I then realized that I hadn't paid and that the barrier was still up for the truck.
    Will I have to pay a fine or should I contact eflow and tell them what happened?


  • #40
    Stark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,196 ✭✭✭✭Stark


    I doubt they'd notice. You could just say you had a tag and thought you were clear to proceed.


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