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« on: 12 September 2012, 21:02:18 »
Stupid thing is, you only pay one-way at Wales, and there is no good reason why when the bridge opened it shouldn't have been free & double the tunnel charge. There own website figures show it's roughly equal both ways, and no-one in there right mind would go south on the bridge, & all the way to the Blackwall tunnel to avoid the cost.
It is the largest transport con on earth, especially as it's now run by the French, so much so that they've changed the law to allow average speed cameras on privately run roads, which is why they've been up for over 3 years, but only active in the last month.
1st tunnel "it'll be free when it's paid for"
"oh hang on, we need another tunnel, it'll be free when it's paid for"
"oh hang on, we need a bridge, it'll be free when it's paid for"
Several years later, it's now no more than a cash cow. I understand it needs funds for escorts for dangerous goods, and for when they have to shut the bridge in a stiff breeze.
The congestion is caused solely by the booths, irrespective of size/weight/country of origin.
If they're gonna f**k us over, at least they could do it electronically with ANPR like the other great con charge......at least then we wouldn't have to pay for the hours of delay there