Dartford crossing - How do they charge foreigners now?
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MyM8V8 said:
Just registered the company vans for the above and realised that Johnny foreigner might be getting away with it now its all APNR??? All well and good for our number plates but whereas before with the booths they had to cough up to get through.
Foreign registered vehicles only have to pay voluntarily, stupidity in its finest !
kers the french couldn't fight in ww11 let alone collect any tolls from there European buddies
Tattooboy said:
BartW said:
It's the same way with British drivers getting away with speed camera photos from the Mainland Europe 
Just the same as over here then ?The point of the toll is to use the bridge/tunnel, not to charge some and not others because of a flawed system!
ARAF said:
Tattooboy said:
BartW said:
It's the same way with British drivers getting away with speed camera photos from the Mainland Europe
Just the same as over here then ?The point of the toll is to use the bridge/tunnel, not to charge some and not others because of a flawed system!
Tattooboy said:
BartW said:
It's the same way with British drivers getting away with speed camera photos from the Mainland Europe
Just the same as over here then ?The point of the toll is to use the bridge/tunnel, not to charge some and not others because of a flawed system!
Edited by BartW on Wednesday 22 April 21:58
EssexVXR8 said:
MyM8V8 said:
Just registered the company vans for the above and realised that Johnny foreigner might be getting away with it now its all APNR??? All well and good for our number plates but whereas before with the booths they had to cough up to get through.
Foreign registered vehicles only have to pay voluntarily, stupidity in its finest !
BBCNews 26th Feb said:
More than 18,000 foreign drivers are being chased by debt collectors after failing to pay at the new cashless Dartford Crossing.
The Highways Agency said 18,716 cases from the first month of the cashless system had been passed to a European debt recovery agency.
A total of 56,408 penalty charges remain unpaid from December.
The Highways Agency said 18,716 cases from the first month of the cashless system had been passed to a European debt recovery agency.
A total of 56,408 penalty charges remain unpaid from December.
Tattooboy said:
ARAF said:
Tattooboy said:
BartW said:
It's the same way with British drivers getting away with speed camera photos from the Mainland Europe
Just the same as over here then ?The point of the toll is to use the bridge/tunnel, not to charge some and not others because of a flawed system!
BartW said:
Tattooboy said:
ARAF said:
Tattooboy said:
BartW said:
It's the same way with British drivers getting away with speed camera photos from the Mainland Europe
Just the same as over here then ?The point of the toll is to use the bridge/tunnel, not to charge some and not others because of a flawed system!
BartW said:
Tattooboy said:
ARAF said:
Tattooboy said:
BartW said:
It's the same way with British drivers getting away with speed camera photos from the Mainland Europe
Just the same as over here then ?The point of the toll is to use the bridge/tunnel, not to charge some and not others because of a flawed system!
If ANPR is so bloody clever, link up a system to ports and when a reg pings up for using the crossing, charge them,there, a simple solution, sorted.
Computers, marvellous things.
Tattooboy said:
Blimey, do you work for the Gov by chance??
If ANPR is so bloody clever, link up a system to ports and when a reg pings up for using the crossing, charge them,there, a simple solution, sorted.
Computers, marvellous things.
No, not for them. Now you are talking about whole new infrastructure, people training, systems and procedures, appeals, complaints facilities etc which would probably outweigh the profitability of the former. Which leads to a conclusion that chasing through debt collection agencies is pure profit at minimum cost to the pursuing party. It's not as simple as just plugging a cable in. If ANPR is so bloody clever, link up a system to ports and when a reg pings up for using the crossing, charge them,there, a simple solution, sorted.
Computers, marvellous things.
ARAF said:
BartW said:
Tattooboy said:
ARAF said:
Tattooboy said:
BartW said:
It's the same way with British drivers getting away with speed camera photos from the Mainland Europe
Just the same as over here then ?The point of the toll is to use the bridge/tunnel, not to charge some and not others because of a flawed system!
BartW said:
Which is fair, as they are here purely for the commercial reasons. I think Germany are introducing a similar system as of 2016, where you just buy like a 10day, monthly or a yearly pass to use the motorways. Everyone pays and the German citizens will have the cost offset when pay their VED.
Yes, a great vote winner in the 'them and us' argument, but I think that statistically on 3% of vehicles on British roads are foreign, you have to wonder how much is being gathered, and how much is just being trousered by the agencies set up to collect on behalf of the gov.The Swiss have been charging everyone for their motorways (including nationals) for years. (Not sure if it's the same now, but) It used to be that once they have raised enough for the next year's road building budget, the motorway network was free for all - usually from about September. Why countries won't put the tax on fuel, I don't know.
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