Cameron wants to privatise roads (again)
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Elroy Blue said:
So you're unaware of the fact that Cameron increased benefit payments by over 5%
How is that?Didn't know about the below either.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2038898/Sa...
http://rogerhelmermep.wordpress.com/2012/03/14/unb...
You never dipped in this section? It's the place if you want to discuss issues with the BiB. http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/forum.asp?h=0&a...
Not waded through the whole lot, but back on topic.
I've noticed that when a new bypass is built the road that used to be used effectively gets blocked up with lower speed limits and traffic calming.
So what I expect to happen is some new roads will get built, these will be tolled. The old roads will then be blocked up which then forces people to use the new road(s), pay the toll, pay VED and pay fuel tax.
I've noticed that when a new bypass is built the road that used to be used effectively gets blocked up with lower speed limits and traffic calming.
So what I expect to happen is some new roads will get built, these will be tolled. The old roads will then be blocked up which then forces people to use the new road(s), pay the toll, pay VED and pay fuel tax.
RichB said:
You never dipped in this section? It's the place if you want to discuss issues with the BiB. http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/forum.asp?h=0&a...
Not really, but just did thanks, dropped straight into this one. Absolutely unbelievable!!!http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Willy Nilly said:
Not waded through the whole lot, but back on topic.
I've noticed that when a new bypass is built the road that used to be used effectively gets blocked up with lower speed limits and traffic calming.
So what I expect to happen is some new roads will get built, these will be tolled. The old roads will then be blocked up which then forces people to use the new road(s), pay the toll, pay VED and pay fuel tax.
....and then they get blocked up, the road surface deteriorates and becomes pot holed but the fat cats and shareholders running them continue to get rich. I've noticed that when a new bypass is built the road that used to be used effectively gets blocked up with lower speed limits and traffic calming.
So what I expect to happen is some new roads will get built, these will be tolled. The old roads will then be blocked up which then forces people to use the new road(s), pay the toll, pay VED and pay fuel tax.
VictorMeldrew said:
Why would my common sense be lacking just because I failed to grasp that when you referred the "the Government" you actually meant "the previous Government". A fairly vital distinction omitted in a [current] Government bashing thread wouldn't you think?
No, actually. I wasn't "bashing" anything, I pointed out that the blockades would be dealt with differently now because there are laws in place that can be used that didn't exist before. How is that "bashing" unless you feel that the Con/Dem's wouldn't use that law? Do you believe that they wouldn't?And going back to the distinctions you put on the Government being "current" and "previous", I'm explain this again. I'm neither right or left...it doesn't matter to me who's in the majority, its still THE Government. A lot of the MPs in Parliament were there while Labour was in power, including Cameron and Clegg. Those are your distinctions, not mine.
Well, regardless of what I've said up until now you've seemed to have made your position clear.
Edited by The Hitman on Thursday 22 March 00:22
Sorry for the thread necro, and get it back on topic after the serious diversion but
Proposing to put tolls on the A14 in Cambridgeshire
Proposing to put tolls on the A14 in Cambridgeshire
FiF said:
Sorry for the thread necro, and get it back on topic after the serious diversion but
Proposing to put tolls on the A14 in Cambridgeshire
Never trust a tory!Proposing to put tolls on the A14 in Cambridgeshire
FiF said:
Sorry for the thread necro, and get it back on topic after the serious diversion but
Proposing to put tolls on the A14 in Cambridgeshire
I thought this comment was hilariousProposing to put tolls on the A14 in Cambridgeshire
shropshirelad said:
12 minutes ago
IF and thats a bif IF you read what has been announced you will find the toll road is ONLY for freight and the new roads that run alongside, which will be free are for local traffic and non paying traffic. Why do you insist on trying to get everyone so angry when this is a sensible solution. Freightiers pay and the public dont.
just tell me who buys the stuff the freighters haul??IF and thats a bif IF you read what has been announced you will find the toll road is ONLY for freight and the new roads that run alongside, which will be free are for local traffic and non paying traffic. Why do you insist on trying to get everyone so angry when this is a sensible solution. Freightiers pay and the public dont.
SpeedMattersNot said:
Well, the general public voted them in!
...oh wait...
Labour kept threatening road pricing too, usually to divert people away from complaining about fuel duty and then quietly forgetting about it. The lib-dems seem to favour it as well, so that leaves, err UKIP or Respect to vote for then. . . . . ....oh wait...
We're masochists?
Caulkhead said:
Labour kept threatening road pricing too, usually to divert people away from complaining about fuel duty and then quietly forgetting about it. The lib-dems seem to favour it as well, so that leaves, err UKIP or Respect to vote for then. . . . . .
So we're all gonna vote for UKip then?mondeoman said:
just tell me who buys the stuff the freighters haul??
What other suggestion do you have for:1. Ensuring that the vehicles that damage/wear the roads most pay most for their use; and
2. Levelling the playing field for UK and foreign hauliers.
At the moment, the Europeans don't contribute anything to the UK and benefit from cheaper fuel.
Halb said:
We're masochists?
Their manifesto doesn't mention road-pricing so I'd like to see their position first. . . . .Caulkhead said:
Labour kept threatening road pricing too, usually to divert people away from complaining about fuel duty and then quietly forgetting about it. The lib-dems seem to favour it as well, so that leaves, err UKIP or Respect to vote for then. . . . . .
So we're all gonna vote for UKip then?johnfm said:
What other suggestion do you have for:
1. Ensuring that the vehicles that damage/wear the roads most pay most for their use; and
2. Levelling the playing field for UK and foreign hauliers.
At the moment, the Europeans don't contribute anything to the UK and benefit from cheaper fuel.
Okay lets look at the horror of the European lorry in the uk1. Ensuring that the vehicles that damage/wear the roads most pay most for their use; and
2. Levelling the playing field for UK and foreign hauliers.
At the moment, the Europeans don't contribute anything to the UK and benefit from cheaper fuel.
Where are they going?
Well it has to be somewhere in the UK as we are an island so they can't get anywhere from here
Why are they in the UK?
To deliver or pick something up from a UK business
What happens if we charge them a million pounds to use UK roads?
They pass the costs onto the business as they aren't operated by eccentric rich idiots
Would this extra costs effect UK businesses?
No s
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