M6 Toll Road

[powelly]

Definitely worth the £2... 3 lanes of smooth empty tarmac, not a single camera that I could see.... and no other cars either!!!!!!!!

I nearly got the griff out of hibernation (shame) and did the 200 mile round trip just for the hell of it...

And I didn't see a single bobby!

[nonegreen]

Boycott it.

[powelly]

Nope, sorry, £2 well spent on a Tuesday morning to do Warrington to Hammersmith in 3.5hrs departing at 6:30am.

It's a tax, yes, but one where you can see the immediate benefit at long last!

[sparkey]

Definately worth the few quid. I do agree with the idea of boycoting it, but I'm happy to let someone else boycott it on my behalf at 35mph on the old M6 while I blast down the toll road at silly speeds £2 lighter !

[TheHobbit]

nonegreen said:

Boycott it.

I'm not trying to start trouble, but....

Why?

I don't understand why people are getting shirty about it. A private company raised private money and tried to help out. No public money has gone into it, so, as a private company they would want/need to get some money back?

.....and yet people are determined to sit on the solid M6Free going nowhere fast?

...I'd use it for £2, infact, I'd pay a fiver if it cut huge amounts of time off my journey.

...or am I missing some massive point somewhere?

[ec1 eex]

What's the deal with exceeding 70 on this road? It's nice to pick up speed after being stuck in traffic on the normal part of the M6, but being a private road, do the police still police it as far as speeding goes?

I just back from California where I drove along a motorway that has regular lanes and toll lanes (running alongside each other and separated by ballards). I saw police cars on a couple of occasions just picking off people in the toll lanes.

It would be nice to think that your 2 quid bought you a bit of freedom as well as an open road.

[james_j]

If you don't boycott it, you'll end up with more toll roads and even less investment on roads that have already been paid for many times over.

[fto2tuscan]

in all honesty - everyone from PH could boycott it any they wouldn't know the difference!

i say in protest wheelspin like mad away from the toll boths! let's cover the out section with so much rubber that they have to replace the tarmac!!

ploughing into the actual toll booth would provide a better effect but is neither advised, nor good for your automobile!

[hornyphil]

I use the M6 Toll twice a week and there are police cars on it. A regular is a Volvo estate. Last week he'd stopped a Noble near the M42 end.
The reason for using it - simple - it saves time.

[pumalover]

Yes there certainly are police on the Toll rd these days. A friend was zapped last week going south, half a mile from the toll booths.

pumalover

[posty]

my, erm, ahem, friend, ahem, clocked 150mph three weeks ago on it, on a bright, cold, clear morning!!

boycot it?

nah!!

(anyone else ever sat in a classic M6 10 hour jammer b4?)

[davrian]

Good place to lose your license. I got clocked by a Beemer and had the thrill(not) of watching the replay with the BiBs saying 'that's you just out of sight we catch you soon....any minute now' Then they did at 108. Good news (if you can call it that) is that they offered me 3 points @ £60 for 95. Why? I don't know and didn't hang around to ask. Every time I use it now there are three cars pulling, plus a laser on the bridge.

[trefor]

Used it for the first time yesterday. Lovely road. Bit like an extension to the M40 which is a 70 mile racetrack

Well worth £2 of my hardearned. Also, hardly any trucks on it so much safer - so many incidents on the road seem to trucks and cars interfacing.

[granville]

Does it/can it make money?

I've used it several times and it's always quite dead.

Lane discipline still shocking, however but for a taste of European highway rolling, an uncommon experience for Johnny Englander these days.

[maddog[uk]]

I love it! I only wish the incentive was that the limit was 80 or 90mph so that you are encouraged to use it. I must say it was tempting to speed but I had read it was easy pickings for the BiB so they were busy enforcing the limit.

[motormad]

Not much chance of them catching anyone on most parts of the M6 these days is there !! When was the last time anyone in a traffic jam got done for speeding.. ??
Wouldn't you go for the easy targets if it was your choice... ?
I'm looking forwards to getting home and trying it out - should cut some travelling time out for me on the way up to Widnes from Southampton... !!
Although I did it in 4 hrs a few weeks ago, by using the M3, A34, M40, A452(from M40 at Warwick) & A50/A34 up to Knutsford.. (had been taking up to 2 hrs longer on the M6)

[Davel]

How much for motorbikes?

Thinking of using it on Wednesday....

[Tahiti]

sparkey said:

Definately worth the few quid. I do agree with the idea of boycoting it, but I'm happy to let someone else boycott it on my behalf at 35mph on the old M6 while I blast down the toll road at silly speeds £2 lighter !

I went on it on a journey from Kent to Wrexham recently and it made the journey so much more enjoyable. £2 well spent. I also had to pay £1 to cross the Thames at Dartford - now that annoys me after they said they would stop charging to use it!

[Sam_M]

Has anybody noticed that they ran out of white paint where there is a lack of raod markings for the first quater mile after the toll booths, bit of a free for all!

[thenumber1]

Great road

Used it at night mainly going from Manchester to london and back.

We maxed out at 160mph, but hovered at about 110mph... there are still police on it