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Old June 29th 11, 02:06 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Anger at Oyster cards 'rip-off' as millions hit for not 'touching out'

On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 08:12:49PM +0100, Roland Perry wrote:
In message 01cc34f6$316c92e0$LocalHost@default, at 18:30:08 on Mon, 27
Jun 2011, Michael R N Dolbear remarked:
Has anyone produced a reasoned argument about the difference between a
tax and a toll ?

Tolls are rarely charged on routes you *have* to use, there's normally a
"long way round". Which doesn't exist for the US Embassy, being inside
the zone. So it's a lot more like car tax, than say the Dartford Toll.


That's OK, there are exceptions to the "there's another way round"
argument, such as the Skye bridge, before it was nationalised.

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