"Mark Fry" wrote in message
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"Cast_Iron" wrote in message
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Disabled drivers can get a pass which allows free access to the toll
road
for three years. It costs a fiver for the admin.

http://www.m6toll.co.uk/pricing/exemptions.asp



Why should any disabled driver get free access, do they take up less space
or create less pollution?

Some people resent others getting what they don't.

"Purditer" wrote in
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"Mark Fry" wrote in message
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"Cast_Iron" wrote in message
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Disabled drivers can get a pass which allows free access to the toll
road
for three years. It costs a fiver for the admin.

http://www.m6toll.co.uk/pricing/exemptions.asp



Why should any disabled driver get free access, do they take up less
space
or create less pollution?

Some people resent others getting what they don't.



I don't begrudge anyone getting something that I can't, both of my parents
are registered disabled, but I don't understand the logic of it. How does a
disable person cause either less pollution or less congestion?

"Mark Fry" wrote in message
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"Purditer" wrote in
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"Mark Fry" wrote in message
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"Cast_Iron" wrote in message
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Disabled drivers can get a pass which allows free access to the toll
road
for three years. It costs a fiver for the admin.

http://www.m6toll.co.uk/pricing/exemptions.asp



Why should any disabled driver get free access, do they take up less
space
or create less pollution?

Some people resent others getting what they don't.



I don't begrudge anyone getting something that I can't, both of my parents
are registered disabled, but I don't understand the logic of it. How does
a
disable person cause either less pollution or less congestion?

What's pollution or congestion got to do with it? The toll is for providing
an alternative, quicker, route around Birmingham, nothing more. The
exemption for disabled drivers is a PR stunt. The logic being that disabled
drivers really_need_ their_cars.

Filling the new motorway with badly driven Micras will do wonders for
transit times.

Andy

Following up to Andy Lord

The
exemption for disabled drivers is a PR stunt. The logic being that disabled
drivers really_need_ their_cars.

If it is, is it working? The coverage I have read doesn't mention
it.
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wrote:

"Mark Fry" wrote:

I don't begrudge anyone getting something that I can't, both of my
parents are registered disabled, but I don't understand the logic of
it. How does a disable person cause either less pollution or less
congestion?

What's pollution or congestion got to do with it? The toll is for
providing an alternative, quicker, route around Birmingham, nothing
more

....which is merely another way of saying that congestion has *everything* to
do with it.

The new route can only be quicker because of the congestion on the existing
route.

In article ,
says...

What's pollution or congestion got to do with it? The toll is for providing
an alternative, quicker, route around Birmingham, nothing more. The
exemption for disabled drivers is a PR stunt.

Seconded, and I have a blue badge.

--
Conor

A high I.Q is like a Jeep. You still get stuck, just further from help.

Andy Lord ) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying :

The exemption for disabled drivers is a PR stunt.

*Ding!*

Following up to Mark Fry

I don't begrudge anyone getting something that I can't, both of my parents
are registered disabled, but I don't understand the logic of it. How does a
disable person cause either less pollution or less congestion?

If you want to be totally logical, what has the M6 toll road got
to do with pollution? OAPs often get concessions, do they take up
less room?
--
Mike Reid
"Art is the lie that reveals the truth" P.Picasso
Walking-food-photos, Wasdale, Thames, London etc "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" -- you can email us@ this site
and same for Spain at "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" -- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap

Reid wrote:


OAPs often get concessions, do they take up
less room?

I believe we get shorter as we get older, so the answer is probably yes.

Cast_Iron wrote:
Disabled drivers can get a pass

I'd give my right arm for one of those.