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gel
post Jul 3 2019, 07:05 AM
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Wish they'd get their finger out and do something practical: angry.gif
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/17745068....ghways-england/
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gel
post Jul 3 2019, 08:33 PM
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Perhaps when we leave EU ,foreign HGV's will have to pay to
travel UK's highways.
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The proceeds could go towards improvements, as clearly needed here.
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post Jul 4 2019, 04:30 AM
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QUOTE (gel @ Jul 3 2019, 09:33 PM) *
Perhaps when we leave EU ,foreign HGV's will have to pay to
travel UK's highways.
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The proceeds could go towards improvements, as clearly needed here.

I reckon there will be enough inflation without idiotic ideas like that.
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post Jul 5 2019, 09:17 AM
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QUOTE (newres @ Jul 4 2019, 05:30 AM) *
I reckon there will be enough inflation without idiotic ideas like that.


So you don't want foreign lorries to contribute to the upkeep of the roads that they use? Strange - presume you expect it to be funded by te UK taxpayer instead then.
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post Jul 5 2019, 10:14 AM
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QUOTE (MontyPython @ Jul 5 2019, 10:17 AM) *
So you don't want foreign lorries to contribute to the upkeep of the roads that they use? Strange - presume you expect it to be funded by te UK taxpayer instead then.

Think it through. If we charge, they will charge. Inflationary. Goods will go up in price already.
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post Jul 23 2019, 08:36 AM
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QUOTE (newres @ Jul 5 2019, 11:14 AM) *
Think it through. If we charge, they will charge. Inflationary. Goods will go up in price already.



They already do. Carnets for certain countries, toll roads in others.

All charging would do is level the playing field a little.
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post Jul 23 2019, 09:30 AM
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QUOTE (Berkshirelad @ Jul 23 2019, 09:36 AM) *
They already do. Carnets for certain countries, toll roads in others.

All charging would do is level the playing field a little.

Nonsense.
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