In message , at 14:30:49 on Mon, 5 Nov
2012, tim..... remarked:
What happens now if you turn up at the toll booth one second before
the deadline?

there *isn't* a barrier in your way

There's a traffic light.
--
Roland Perry

On 05/11/2012 14:50, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 14:30:49 on Mon, 5 Nov
2012, tim..... remarked:
What happens now if you turn up at the toll booth one second before
the deadline?

there *isn't* a barrier in your way

There's a traffic light.

Is there a pulse of cars after the cutoff time, ie people driving
deliberately slowly to save the money?

"Clive George" wrote in message
o.uk...
On 05/11/2012 14:50, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 14:30:49 on Mon, 5 Nov
2012, tim..... remarked:
What happens now if you turn up at the toll booth one second before
the deadline?

there *isn't* a barrier in your way

There's a traffic light.

Is there a pulse of cars after the cutoff time, ie people driving
deliberately slowly to save the money?

I certainly drove slowly to make sure that I didn't arrive just before the
10 pm cut off time.

I never arrived close enough to see what happened 2 seconds before/after.

tim

On 2012\11\05 15:49, Clive George wrote:
On 05/11/2012 14:50, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 14:30:49 on Mon, 5 Nov
2012, tim..... remarked:
What happens now if you turn up at the toll booth one second before
the deadline?

there *isn't* a barrier in your way

There's a traffic light.

Is there a pulse of cars after the cutoff time, ie people driving
deliberately slowly to save the money?

Yes.

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 14:30:49 on Mon, 5 Nov
2012, tim..... remarked:
What happens now if you turn up at the toll booth one second before the
deadline?

there *isn't* a barrier in your way

There's a traffic light.

Which will be on green when there isn't a barrier in you way (and red when
there is)

tim

In message , at 15:55:09 on Mon, 5 Nov
2012, tim..... remarked:
What happens now if you turn up at the toll booth one second before
the deadline?

there *isn't* a barrier in your way

There's a traffic light.

Which will be on green when there isn't a barrier in you way (and red
when there is)

But you said there weren't any barriers...
--
Roland Perry

Roland Perry wrote in news:kekQFUmq
:

What happens now if you turn up at the toll booth one second before
the deadline?

there *isn't* a barrier in your way

There's a traffic light.

Which will be on green when there isn't a barrier in you way (and red
when there is)

But you said there weren't any barriers...

Have they changed that? Until recently, even after 10pm you had to stop,
or at least substantially slow down at the barrier and red light. The
barrier then rose without your having to put any money in.

It was a bit of a trap for the unwary, as the booths were in darkness and
it was easy to assume that you could just drive through at speed.

Peter

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|| Peter CS ~ Epsom ~ UK | pjcs02 [at] gmail.com |

"Peter CS" wrote in message
...
Roland Perry wrote in news:kekQFUmq
:

What happens now if you turn up at the toll booth one second before
the deadline?

there *isn't* a barrier in your way

There's a traffic light.

Which will be on green when there isn't a barrier in you way (and red
when there is)

But you said there weren't any barriers...

Have they changed that? Until recently, even after 10pm you had to stop,
or at least substantially slow down at the barrier and red light. The
barrier then rose without your having to put any money in.

That's not how I remember it, though I suppose that I could have
mis-remembered. It is about a year since I left home for a midnight arrival
at the hotel


It was a bit of a trap for the unwary, as the booths were in darkness and
it was easy to assume that you could just drive through at speed.

you still have to slow down to thread your way through the narrow lane

tim



Peter

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|| Peter CS ~ Epsom ~ UK | pjcs02 [at] gmail.com |

On 06/11/2012 13:50, tim..... wrote:

"Peter CS" wrote:
[...]
there *isn't* a barrier in your way
[...]

Have they changed that? Until recently, even after 10pm you had to stop,
or at least substantially slow down at the barrier and red light. The
barrier then rose without your having to put any money in.

That's not how I remember it, though I suppose that I could have
mis-remembered.[...]

You have.

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 15:55:09 on Mon, 5 Nov
2012, tim..... remarked:
What happens now if you turn up at the toll booth one second before
the deadline?

there *isn't* a barrier in your way

There's a traffic light.

Which will be on green when there isn't a barrier in you way (and red when
there is)

But you said there weren't any barriers...

I said, the barrier that exists isn't in you way (as you arrive), during the
free period

tim