02GF74
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| posted on 9/2/10 at 09:34 PM |
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£5 a bargain
not! 
I only ever used it once, by mistake, I was fuming, ready to set fire to something, I was.
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 9/2/10 at 09:48 PM |
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What pisses me off is if you only use it from one junction to the next, you still have to pay the full amount for the use of a tiny part of the whole
road....
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Stott
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| posted on 9/2/10 at 09:53 PM |
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if you cock up and go onto it then I think they allow you to exit at the first available junction and turn around, according to my father anyway
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Dangle_kt
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| posted on 9/2/10 at 10:11 PM |
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I use it when commuting to be honest.
Goes on expenses. 
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smart51
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| posted on 9/2/10 at 10:14 PM |
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The more it costs, the fewer people will use it, the fewer companies will want to build and operate toll roads, the fewer toll roads will be built.
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D Beddows
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| posted on 9/2/10 at 10:19 PM |
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Sorry, but if it's a choice between sitting for an hour and a half or so to get from Junction 10 to Junction 4 or spend £5 to do it in 15
minutes I know which one I choose!! Plus the M6 Toll has the nicest services for miles around 
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bmseven
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| posted on 9/2/10 at 10:41 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by D Beddows
Sorry, but if it's a choice between sitting for an hour and a half or so to get from Junction 10 to Junction 4 or spend £5 to do it in 15
minutes I know which one I choose!! Plus the M6 Toll has the nicest services for miles around
Ditto
[Edited on 9/2/10 by bmseven]
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dan__wright
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| posted on 9/2/10 at 10:47 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by D Beddows
Sorry, but if it's a choice between sitting for an hour and a half or so to get from Junction 10 to Junction 4 or spend £5 to do it in 15
minutes I know which one I choose!! Plus the M6 Toll has the nicest services for miles around
+1, work pay for it when we use it and it saves hours, the cost of the toll is less that our time sat in traffic so no brainer, price up means less
people use it means even less traffic and cleaner services 
the only bad point for me: it doesnt start a the m42 and doesnt go as far as juction 18!
[Edited on 9/2/10 by dan__wright]
FREE THE ROADSTER ONE…!!
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bigbravedave
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| posted on 9/2/10 at 10:50 PM |
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I wouldnt mind using it only have seen an unmarked black beemer pulling people the moment the m6 finishes for speeding. Other then that 5 quid is well
worth it just for the look on the atendants face when u sit in the bay with anti lag turned on whilst waiting for your change, he he.
Oh and south bound toll both has a bridge test 3/4 mile challenge
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dan__wright
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| posted on 9/2/10 at 11:05 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by bigbravedave
I wouldnt mind using it only have seen an unmarked black beemer pulling people the moment the m6 finishes for speeding. Other then that 5 quid is well
worth it just for the look on the atendants face when u sit in the bay with anti lag turned on whilst waiting for your change, he he.
Oh and south bound toll both has a bridge test 3/4 mile challenge
cant beat a bit of toll booth grand prix 
there are also unmarked volvos on the toll, some twit came flying past, then cut us up, just as i was thinking where is an unmarked police car when
you need one.....a volvo estate came screaming past from nowhere, pullin in behind the car that just cut of up so we start to wander if there racing
then the blues come on, result!
FREE THE ROADSTER ONE…!!
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stevebubs
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| posted on 10/2/10 at 01:16 AM |
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Coming from the South, I never use it.
Always go the other way round Birmingham on the M5 - and pick what time of day I travel.
Really don't like the controlled section of the M42 between the M40 and the M6 - to the point where I refuse to use it....
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 10/2/10 at 07:15 AM |
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I understand it is annoying for those who use it for just one or two junctions but i use it when i travel to scotland (used to be a couple of time per
year) and i think it is well worth paying £5 for. Its a much nice route than the A/M1 as there is hardly any traffic.
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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BenB
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| posted on 10/2/10 at 08:21 AM |
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I used it once but ever since just take the usual route. Chug along in the old diesel, even with a bit of traffic it's not worth the £.
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mcerd1
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| posted on 10/2/10 at 08:55 AM |
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I use it about once a year each way (to stoneleigh and back )
the M74/M6 is the fastest way from Edinburgh and I've found a couple of good routes off the M6T and a little less traffic + some nice services
are welcome after ~5.5 hours in the car
(btw- I use the A701 [the Moffat rd.] to get too the M74 - its much more fun )
[Edited on 10/2/10 by mcerd1]
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designer
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| posted on 10/2/10 at 09:05 AM |
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"We are looking to improve our lanes, we're looking to improve our IT."
How do you 'improve' a lane?
And it's new computers all round for admin!!
I pay tolls in France, and I don't mind, this is another UK rip off.
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dan__wright
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| posted on 10/2/10 at 12:16 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by designer
"We are looking to improve our lanes, we're looking to improve our IT."
How do you 'improve' a lane?
And it's new computers all round for admin!!
I pay tolls in France, and I don't mind, this is another UK rip off.
i did think that, cant really see how they are going to spend it on those things, they should extend it if they are putting the price up!
FREE THE ROADSTER ONE…!!
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wilkingj
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| posted on 10/2/10 at 12:54 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by designer
Snip snip...
I pay tolls in France, and I don't mind, this is another UK rip off.
I may be wrong, but they dont pay road tax in France do they? Thus Toll roads are reasonable in lieu of Road Tax.
ie
No Road Tax, but have Tolls for major routes
or
Have Road Tax, and fund the damn roads with it rather than just give it to the Treasury to be used for other Non Transport purposes.
Just my 2d's worth.
1. The point of a journey is not to arrive.
2. Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
Best Regards
Geoff
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coozer
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| posted on 10/2/10 at 01:09 PM |
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It reminds me of a tool road in Portugal... I've used the M6 one a few times when at work and find it very quiet, hardly anyone uses it.
Now then, coming back from Opel plant ot the airport in a taxi... vroooom straight through the outside gate treating it like a chicane at 140kpm!!
I had to close my eyes and thought I was going to die! However it left me smiling all the way back to the airport and what amazed me more was the
695,000 km on the speedo! (Mercedes 190)
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 13/2/10 at 09:14 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by designer
"We are looking to improve our lanes, we're looking to improve our IT."
How do you 'improve' a lane?
They could make it a bit longer, i.e. all the way up to Wigan. I'd happily pay £20 every time I have to go south to sit on a pretty much empty
motorway all the way down.
First time I used it was in the middle of the night, NO traffic and halfway down there I looked down and found I was doing 120!
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