Road Tolls

[steve harrison]

http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/talking_point/newsid_1923000/1923514.stm

I was going to suggest we give the BBC the benefit of our opinions but the general public seem to be doing pretty well on their own

[superflid]

I was impressed with Joe Public, but added some of my own anyway!

[Jason F]

As I said before, I think most people are getting right royally off with the Govt at the moment, and that includes half the backbenchers !

We all know Speed Cameras are Tax Generators, and we are getting shafted by more taxes on more things every damn year.. Hopefully Tony and his Cronies will be out on their ears soon , but lets hope they are actually replaced by someone who

A: Likes Britain
B: Hates the idea of Europe Controlling the UK
C: Actually notices that people need cars to survive and lays off the poor damn motorist, and actually gets the sodding roads improved to better than dirt track standards

[CarZee]

The opinions on the BBC site are a glorious demonstration that the only way to get the British public to turn against speed cameras is to play up the aspect that they are a cynical means by which the government can relieve us of more of our hard-earned...

I know people are doing this, but my point is that once you get into the safety and ethics arguments, you get irretrievably bogged in semantics, ideological issues, and cries of "won't somebody think of the children". But we all resent the Government's stealth taxation portfolio and the sooner the public perception of gatsos etc is squarely as one of revenue generator with dubious or non-existant safety benefits, the better.

[ZZR600]

Road tolls set by road trolls

[nonegreen]

This is blatant common thievery. It is worse than shoplifting and as ethical as child abuse. This lot are going too far and it is time to bring them up short with a huge protest.

[manek]

You know, there's a bit of me that wonders if this would actually make those dull motorway journeys more bearable by reducing the congestion. The number of cars on them could be cut by -- what 25%?

No bad thing, I'd have thought...not that I WANT to pay more of course.

[mondeoman]

We already pay thru the nose to use the damn roads - why pay for them again?? And how can they sell our roads to some private contractor then charge us to use something "we" paid for in the first place?? Does me head in that does.

[JMorgan]

If people won't use Toll roads then where do they go? Jams on the local lanes?