Dartford crossing - when is the misery going to end!
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Is it just me, or is everyone else getting severely hacked off with the Dartford crossing!!
It took over an hour to get through it early yesterday evening!!
Our inept government who is continually banging on about reducing car emissions.
But yet they are happy to sit back and watch the continual traffic jams at the crossing - surely it can't be anything
To do with revenue!!!!!! (silly me for even thinking that!!).
I mean how hard can it be….. Either charge double, but just in one direction - and there you go you've reduced 50%
of the congestion / misery and pollution.
Or, install number plate recognition - and you pay in advance just like Ken and Boris's congestion charge!!
It took over an hour to get through it early yesterday evening!!
Our inept government who is continually banging on about reducing car emissions.
But yet they are happy to sit back and watch the continual traffic jams at the crossing - surely it can't be anything
To do with revenue!!!!!! (silly me for even thinking that!!).
I mean how hard can it be….. Either charge double, but just in one direction - and there you go you've reduced 50%
of the congestion / misery and pollution.
Or, install number plate recognition - and you pay in advance just like Ken and Boris's congestion charge!!
The dartford toll is a con 
I thought this had payed for itself a couple of years ago ????
As for waiting for an hour to get through last year I got stuck there for three hour's
All so they could collect there £1.50 
This government go's on about reducing pollution / congestion but only if they can make money .
They would rather you choke on fume's than miss out on a few quid .
I thought this had payed for itself a couple of years ago ????As for waiting for an hour to get through last year I got stuck there for three hour's
All so they could collect there £1.50 This government go's on about reducing pollution / congestion but only if they can make money .
They would rather you choke on fume's than miss out on a few quid .
excel789 said:
Vixpy1 said:
Its got worse since it went up to 1.50
..because instead of just taking a pound coin off you they now have to give me change for a twenty pound note, every time I have to use it, and when they say "thank you" I reply "don't mention it". 
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Vixpy1 said:
Its got worse since it went up to 1.50
D'yknow what I think of this?This is what I thunk of this;
Many cars, finely tuned operation going through at, say, 10,000 per hour. Then, all of a sudden, the automatic machine takes TWICE as long to count the coins. You can here it happen and, I myself, throw in £1.50, go to drive away and have to wait a split second while it counts. I think those split seconds on everyone's through-time has taken it down to, say, 7500 per hour which means the queues are bigger. A small thing, but on EVERY car it has a massive affect!
ianqv said:
TCEvo said:
Answer, never.
Blame the French though as our leader flogged it couple of years back to pay for his retirement.
About the same time when he sold off our gold resrve (when gold was at an all time low)!!!Blame the French though as our leader flogged it couple of years back to pay for his retirement.
Tosser!!!
yep madness
Its a joke that my Dart tag is pre-pay too. My french toll tag costs me nothing when I dont use it then 2 Euro the month I do use it plus the tolls on my credit card.
.....and as for the sore excuse for a bill. What a pointless piece of crap. I want an itemised bill so I can check off my crossings with my expenses. My employer would like that to.
Its a joke that my Dart tag is pre-pay too. My french toll tag costs me nothing when I dont use it then 2 Euro the month I do use it plus the tolls on my credit card.
.....and as for the sore excuse for a bill. What a pointless piece of crap. I want an itemised bill so I can check off my crossings with my expenses. My employer would like that to.
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