Toll roads...useless
12 December 2006, 09:15 AM
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Toll roads...useless
Every morning I sit in traffic watching lorries nose to tail on the A5 running adjacent to the Toll road just to avoid paying £7 or whatever.Toll is pretty empty and been open a while now.
Think this proves the country would grind to a halt if pay per mile came in.Especially if hauliers can't afford a few quid now.
Half baked idea and as annoying as me sorting my recycling to save council workers a job and not getting a council tax reduction
Sorry,annoying morning in the traffic
Think this proves the country would grind to a halt if pay per mile came in.Especially if hauliers can't afford a few quid now.
Half baked idea and as annoying as me sorting my recycling to save council workers a job and not getting a council tax reduction
Sorry,annoying morning in the traffic
12 December 2006, 09:20 AM
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Half baked idea and as annoying as me sorting my recycling to save council workers a job and not getting a council tax reduction
Sorry,annoying morning in the traffic
Sorry,annoying morning in the traffic
Our council reckons it can't recycle plastics or cardboard, (unless WE pay to take them to a central recycling area, when it suddenly CAN )Our main bin is only emptied every two weeks, many's the time I've had to jump up and down in it to get more rubbish in.
Oh, and they just announced that our council tax will ONLY rise by 5% next year
TWICE the supposed rate of infaltion? WTF is THAT all about? Alcazar
12 December 2006, 10:06 AM
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Originally Posted by milo9783
have you heard the latest suggestion??
Put all the number plates into categories then allow half the population to drive one day then the other half to drive the next day...
Put all the number plates into categories then allow half the population to drive one day then the other half to drive the next day...
12 December 2006, 10:13 AM
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Originally Posted by TonyG
Haha, they tried that in Greece many years ago. All that happened? People just went out and bought a cheap shed with the 'other' numberplate on it. Result? More old cars on the road and no reduction in traffic.
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Originally Posted by Leslie
Spend our road fund tax which they have plundered for so many years now on a decent road system over the whole country.
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12 December 2006, 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by alcazar
I'd LOVE to be able to sort my refuse. Our council reckons it can't recycle plastics or cardboard, (unless WE pay to take them to a central recycling area, when it suddenly CAN )
Our council reckons it can't recycle plastics or cardboard, (unless WE pay to take them to a central recycling area, when it suddenly CAN )They won't take any water bottles for recycling, as they get too many of them left out and don't have the room
12 December 2006, 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Freak
We drink a lot of bottled water here- all evian usually.
They won't take any water bottles for recycling, as they get too many of them left out and don't have the room
They won't take any water bottles for recycling, as they get too many of them left out and don't have the room
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12 December 2006, 03:22 PM
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(on the truck)
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12 December 2006, 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by hutton_d
The only reason I use the M6 toll is for the services. They're still fairly new so aren't as scummy as the ones near it on the M6 ......
12 December 2006, 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by hutton_d
I see. I guess you could accuse of the local council of not meeting their recycling targets then. They are duty bound to do so - if they're not picking up legitimately left material I'd complian. If for no other reason than to show up their total in competence!!
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They point blank refuse to take any water bottles now.
12 December 2006, 05:00 PM
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Nothing to do with congestion, all to do with the exchequer balancing the books. Revenues from North Seal oil over the next 10 years are set to plummit. the government require a large scale stealth tax that will hit virtually everyone.
Notice the Tories have stayed quiet around this. It will be every future governments problem. Governments need people to stay on roads to extract tax revenues, there will never be investment in public transport on a major scale.
Notice the Tories have stayed quiet around this. It will be every future governments problem. Governments need people to stay on roads to extract tax revenues, there will never be investment in public transport on a major scale.
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