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That's a good idea. It beats my stopping to take a photo.

I've used street view when I knew the postcode, not sure how I find a sign on the side of a sliproad, but I'll give it a go.

Quote: Originally posted by mjw1999 on 19/8/2011

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The whole situation with the M6 Toll is a rip-off IMO. The scheme should never have been a toll in the first place but a government highways agency road like all other motorways we pay are road tax for.
NO instead the idea was sold to a private company (Australian at that) to screw moterists in the area of their money.
OFFICIALLY A RIP_OFF!!!

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But how do you respond if I were to say to you that the road would never have been built had it not been built as a toll road?  Its pointless talking about the amount of tax you pay on your car or fuel as that goes into general Government coffers and helps to pay for the NHS and the Police etc. About a quarter of a million people a week are willing to pay the toll. It can only be a rip-off if people have no other choice which they do. Which just leaves a decision on whether to pay a toll and travel on a relatively uncongested road or take a risk and use the M6. I suspect in future any new motorways will be built the same way. There was talk of extending the toll motorway towards Manchester but have not heard anything recently.

David

Quote: Originally posted by mjw1999 on 19/8/2011

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The whole situation with the M6 Toll is a rip-off IMO. The scheme should never have been a toll in the first place but a government highways agency road like all other motorways we pay are road tax for.
NO instead the idea was sold to a private company (Australian at that) to screw moterists in the area of their money.
OFFICIALLY A RIP_OFF!!!

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Quote: Originally posted by David Klyne on 19/8/2011

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Quote: Originally posted by mjw1999 on 19/8/2011

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The whole situation with the M6 Toll is a rip-off IMO. The scheme should never have been a toll in the first place but a government highways agency road like all other motorways we pay are road tax for.
NO instead the idea was sold to a private company (Australian at that) to screw moterists in the area of their money.
OFFICIALLY A RIP_OFF!!!

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But how do you respond if I were to say to you that the road would never have been built had it not been built as a toll road?  Its pointless talking about the amount of tax you pay on your car or fuel as that goes into general Government coffers and helps to pay for the NHS and the Police etc. About a quarter of a million people a week are willing to pay the toll. It can only be a rip-off if people have no other choice which they do. Which just leaves a decision on whether to pay a toll and travel on a relatively uncongested road or take a risk and use the M6. I suspect in future any new motorways will be built the same way. There was talk of extending the toll motorway towards Manchester but have not heard anything recently.

David

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