27-01-2020, 06:22 PM
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Re: Smart motorways
Originally Posted by Mups
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So is anybody able to answer the question I asked back in post 4, about where are we supposed to pull over if we have a break down now, and are they removing the motorway phones along the hard shoulders? 
Who would dare to stop and use one of the phones with traffic thundering by just inches from them?
27-01-2020, 06:39 PM
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Re: Smart motorways
Originally Posted by Omah
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Indeed, any car that costs over £20,000 and does less than 25 mpg should be taxed at £5,000 pa. 
27-01-2020, 07:12 PM
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Re: Smart motorways
Originally Posted by Muddy
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They are indeed we seem to be the only country that pays these outrageous fares .In Europe and throughout the world train fare is cheap .
When we were in Germany and, more recently, Austria we travelled everywhere by train.
Not only cheaper, but much more reliable. The only time we experienced a cancellation was once in the Black Forest where a local train had to be cancelled due to a fallen tree across the tracks. By the time we were to get the next scheduled train, it had been cleared.
How is it that they can be so efficient and we can not?
Unions?
27-01-2020, 07:25 PM
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Re: Smart motorways
Originally Posted by JBR
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Very true.When we were in Germany and, more recently, Austria we travelled everywhere by train.
Not only cheaper, but much more reliable. The only time we experienced a cancellation was once in the Black Forest where a local train had to be cancelled due to a fallen tree across the tracks. By the time we were to get the next scheduled train, it had been cleared.
How is it that they can be so efficient and we can not?
Unions?
27-01-2020, 07:47 PM
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Re: Smart motorways
Originally Posted by The Artful Todger
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Because the rail network is heavily subsidised by tax payers whereas in the UK taxes are used to fund a ridiculously over generous "benefits" scheme.
Some benefits are over-generous too, and I hear that there are many who manage to claim benefits illegally. That sounds to me more like inept management than the benefits being generous per se.
27-01-2020, 08:07 PM
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Re: Smart motorways
Originally Posted by JBR
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If you refer to foreign aid, then yes.Some benefits are over-generous too, and I hear that there are many who manage to claim benefits illegally. That sounds to me more like inept management than the benefits being generous per se.
As for overseas aid - that is utterly disgusting. Especially when the UK is having to borrow money by issuing Gilts (taking on debt on our behalf just to give away).
Then the money being paid to people here that includes child care allowance for dependent families overseas. Dependent families? Yer. Right.
As for child allowance, with the population numbers of the UK it should be a child TAX.
And trust me, I'm deadly serious.
27-01-2020, 08:13 PM
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Re: Smart motorways
Originally Posted by The Artful Todger
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I generally stick to between 50 and 60 on a run, and the reason that I bought it was because it's a superbly built car that I liked. It's also a whole lot more efficient than my previous thing though I must admit the seats in the Merc are not as comfortable for my fine childbearing hips!
My wife's rust bucket is also a much more economical thing than she previously drove moreover we now use just my car and are seriously considering flogging her thing for a hybrid vehicle.
27-01-2020, 08:22 PM
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Re: Smart motorways
Originally Posted by The Artful Todger
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Then the money being paid to people here that includes child care allowance for dependent families overseas. Dependent families? Yer. Right.As for child allowance, with the population numbers of the UK it should be a child TAX.
As I have said elsewhere, child allowance should be reduced, or removed completely, to limit the number of children being born in this country. Numbers are unsustainable.
As for people being forced to take a second job, I think that is nothing to do with our benefits. If you are in work, I believe that you cannot claim any substantial benefits in order simply to increase your income.
Actually, I'm not sure what this has to do with smart motorways.
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