22nd February 2007, 10:13 AM
Just as an aside, ireland have introduced extra road taxes in the form of tolling on a number of motorways and quite frankly for the reduced journey time and convinence I'm more than happy to pay for every journey I've made to avoid Drogheda and the centre of Dublin in the rush hour, especially as I earned my crust digging Neolithic houses and timber circles on the M1 for a couple of years. For a car its under 2 Euros for a lorry I think its around 5 Euros. But many haulauge companies wont pay the toll on the M1 and still divert through Drogheda and the village of Julianstown to avoid the toll even though it cost significantly more in the diesel they use to do this. Is this sheer bloody mindness or is something else affecting the choice to pollute more and pay out more for fuel? Just confounds me!
We have to have road charging and the alternative transport infrastructure needs massive investment. We've got to a point were its unsustainable to jump in a car. Mind you I didnt like standing in the rain waiting for the bus this morning, delayed due to traffic conjestion!
We have to have road charging and the alternative transport infrastructure needs massive investment. We've got to a point were its unsustainable to jump in a car. Mind you I didnt like standing in the rain waiting for the bus this morning, delayed due to traffic conjestion!