M50 Toll - grrr we were in Ireland for a family wedding in early April paid the toll for both journeys from and to the ferry port within the time specified.

In August, August mind, got a snotty letter from E Flow claiming we hadn't paid and demanding fees and late payment penalties.

Luckily we had kept the receipt - sent scanned copy to them - 6 weeks later got a letter stating that due to the circumstances they were waiving the fees.

The circumstances being that we had ALREADY PAID!!!!!!!!

We were back in November for another wedding. We've paid the tolls, both ways, we've kept the receipt.

Denise & Phil

the moral is, don't go to weddings, save on presents and tolls

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6 weeks later got a letter stating that due to the circumstances they were waiving the fees.

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We had a similiar experience with the Dartford crossing. No problem seeing all of the warnings, and being paranoid about such matters, went straight on line when we got home and paid the toll. A week later I get a letter from Dart Charge, saying I haven't paid the toll, and if I pay up immediately it will only be £10 (or so, don't quite remember the figures), otherwise I would be looking at £50 escalating until I paid up. I sent them a copy of the receipt but they still insisted that I had not paid the crossing. To cut a long story short, the owner of my car before I purchased it had crossed at Dartford and not paid. When I paid up, they kindly took my £2.50 and paid that past debt. Complaints just landed on deaf ears, and eventually I coughed up rather than being hounded for ever more, but still not happy about it.

Bryn

Irish country weddings are the bees knees and I wouldn't miss a family wedding for all the snotty toll letters I may or may not receive - presents are optional

Denise

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We had a similiar experience with the Dartford crossing. No problem seeing all of the warnings, and being paranoid about such matters, went straight on line when we got home and paid the toll. A week later I get a letter from Dart Charge, saying I haven't paid the toll, and if I pay up immediately it will only be £10 (or so, don't quite remember the figures), otherwise I would be looking at £50 escalating until I paid up. I sent them a copy of the receipt but they still insisted that I had not paid the crossing. To cut a long story short, the owner of my car before I purchased it had crossed at Dartford and not paid. When I paid up, they kindly took my £2.50 and paid that past debt. Complaints just landed on deaf ears, and eventually I coughed up rather than being hounded for ever more, but still not happy about it.

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First you pass under the overhead gantry signage, followed by the cameras followed by a couple of overhead signs in lights telling you to pay by 8pm next day. Used to be actual tool booths etc. up to maybe 10 years ago but the traffic jams were horrendous. So they brought in the Automatic Only fjxmnfaw741pv1z41c1otdo0n7tc4sf.jpg - Bild entfernt (keine Rechte) Toll. This is the only toll road here without cash baskets/payment booths+ Freeflow lanes. The Free Flow operates with a windscreen tag which also pays automatically for this particular M50 ( Dublin Ring Road ) Motorway.

Hi Randa,
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I think you came down the M1 , from north heading south and you would have paid a toll just after you crossed the River Boyne around Drogheda. Then, you followed signs for M50 South, left the M1 and onto the M50 which is pretty much the Dublin Ring Road. Had you then stayed on the North Side of Dublin ( which is divided by the river Liffey ) then you would not have a toll fee to pay but you did not. Likewise if you enter on the South Side M50 and do not cross the Liffey Bridge, you do not pay a toll. You crossed the Liffey Valley, over a pretty high bridge shown below and at that point you hit the toll,just on the northern side of the bridge. The photo in my previous post shows the gantry you would have passed under. If you have a tag, it beeps at this point and if you don't then you are obliged to shell using one of the other methods of payment.
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Chris

Well Randa, it turns out that the Toll Road is owned by the State and so too was the Campsite in West Dublin that you stayed at. So if they made sure that everyone paid a toll then you would part with about 2 Euro, by getting you with the non payment fine you get the double whammy..so the thick plottens ! Anyway, all cleared up now and no bailiffs to take your Eriba for non payment of Tolls ! It scared the life out of me in the helicopter this morning to get that photo of the toll bridge for you but anything for a friend

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I would have thought you could easily prove that you were not the owner when the (offence) took place and hence not pay !

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Sounds like the same setup as the Dartford crossing complete with Euro Rottweillers.