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[alfie]

Hi all, made a trip down south last Saturday to Portsmouth with my son to buy a sportstrack,I drove his Leon back whilst he drove  his jeep. Arrived at the tolls booths at the Severn bridge,and they tried to charge him the commercial van rate,nearly £12 to cross.
He argued that it was a suv, not a van,she in the toll booth said it has no rear seats,my son tells her that they are folded flat so that he could load the rear with the bull bar and soft top in the back.
This all took about 5 minutes to sort out until the operator accepted that was in the wrong,and he just paid the normal car toll £5.80.
So this posting is to say sorry for the delay,if any you were held up at the tolls about 3pm last saturday,it wasn't our fault.
                                           Alfie.

[bored bigyin54]

never get held up on that thing its a ripoff anyway

[Rods2]

I've got some friends who live near a suspension bridge on the river Loire at St Nazaire in France

When it first opened it cost 10 francs about £1 to cross, but after about 20 years it had made so much money it had paid for itself, plus a big enough fund to cover all foreseeable maintenance costs, so they made it toll FREE. 

You can just see that happening in ripoff fleece the motorist at every opportunity Britain, can't you. 

[Kevin Wood]

I've got some friends who live near a suspension bridge on the river Loire at St Nazaire in France

When it first opened it cost 10 francs about £1 to cross, but after about 20 years it had made so much money it had paid for itself, plus a big enough fund to cover all foreseeable maintenance costs, so they made it toll FREE. 

You can just see that happening in ripoff fleece the motorist at every opportunity Britain, can't you. 

That's exactly what was promised for the Dartford crossing, unless I'm very much mistaken. Either that was a very expensive bridge or we're being shafted. Hmm. I wonder which that'd be?

[millwall]

I've got some friends who live near a suspension bridge on the river Loire at St Nazaire in France

When it first opened it cost 10 francs about £1 to cross, but after about 20 years it had made so much money it had paid for itself, plus a big enough fund to cover all foreseeable maintenance costs, so they made it toll FREE. 

You can just see that happening in ripoff fleece the motorist at every opportunity Britain, can't you. 

That's exactly what was promised for the Dartford crossing, unless I'm very much mistaken. Either that was a very expensive bridge or we're being shafted. Hmm. I wonder which that'd be?

and they keep putting the price up

[Sir Tigger KC]

That was also promised for the Severn bridge and if I recall the tolls paid for it about 4 years ago..   Did they scrap the toll? NO!  Did they reduce the toll? NO!    Charging £5.70 is a downright liberty in my opinion, especially when other bridges are alot cheaper! The Dartford brige is about £3?   

[TheBoy]

That was also promised for the Severn bridge and if I recall the tolls paid for it about 4 years ago..   Did they scrap the toll? NO!  Did they reduce the toll? NO!    Charging £5.70 is a downright liberty in my opinion, especially when other bridges are alot cheaper! The Dartford brige is about £3?   

Simples. Dont use it if you dont want to pay for it.  Its only Wales

£5.70 return stacks up well againt other bridges

[millwall]

That was also promised for the Severn bridge and if I recall the tolls paid for it about 4 years ago..   Did they scrap the toll? NO!  Did they reduce the toll? NO!    Charging £5.70 is a downright liberty in my opinion, especially when other bridges are alot cheaper! The Dartford brige is about £3?   

Simples. Dont use it if you dont want to pay for it.  Its only Wales

£5.70 return stacks up well againt other bridges

yep not worth the money

[alfie]

You only pay to come into Wales,it's free to enter England.

[Sir Tigger KC]

How much are other bridges then??    Dartford? Humber? etc?  The bridge toll really gets my goat!!!   

[millwall]

dartford is 1.50 for cars and will be going up to 2.00

[LJay]

You only pay to come into Wales,it's free to enter England.

We have to try and keep those pesky English out somehow!     They do nowt but winge when they're here!

[millwall]

You only pay to come into Wales,it's free to enter England.

We have to try and keep those pesky English out somehow!     They do nowt but winge when they're here!

only because wales is a crap hole

[Sir Tigger KC]

£1.50 is much more like it!! 

We winge when we come to Wales precisely because it's so expensive!!! Oh and 'cos it's always bloody raining!! 

To add insult to injury I got done for speeding once, hightailing it out of Wales...... at the bridge!!! 

[TheBoy]

How much are other bridges then??    Dartford? Humber? etc?  The bridge toll really gets my goat!!! 

Remember that £5.70 is for a return trip on the Severn Crossing, not each way