On 08/11/2012 15:38, Huge wrote:

The concession has now ended and the crossing has reverted to public
ownership. So it should be free, but isn't because the government has
decided to use it to raise revenue for other things. Not only did the
toll charges remain in place after handover, they were recently raised
to £2.00 per car.

At least they don't charge for trailers.

They certainly used to - double the price. Little vans are a pain - I
remember turning up at the Dartford crossing in a C15 + trailer and
getting charged 4x the car rate. On the way back my friend went to the
machine one and chucked a single quid in. I think somebody jumped out of
a booth and waved angrily, but nothing came of it :-) Other people went
to the bother of converting their works van to a motorhome to avoid
having to pay double on the Severn.